Mail Closing Times
Overseas mails close at the Chief Post Office, Wanganui, as under:— AIR MAIL. Australia and New Caledonia: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 4 p.m.; Monday and Friday, 8 p.m. Canton Island. Canada, North, South and central America end West Indies: Wednesdays, 4 p.m.; Saturdays, noon. Japan (civilian mail): Mondays and Fridays, 8 p.m.; Wednesdays, 4 p.m. United Kingdom, Eire, Europe, Egypt, Africa, India, China, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Hongkong: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4 p.m. Malaya, Japan, Ceylon: Fridays, 8 p.m. FIJI, Samoa: Thursdays, 4 p.m. Fanning Island: Thursday, February 5, 4 p.m. N.Z.A.P.O.’s 222 and 333: Sundays, 8 p.m.; Wednesdays, 4 p.m. SURFACE MAILS. United Kingdom, Eire and Continent of Europe (except Balkan States and Italy): Saturday, January 24, noon; Thursday, January 29, 3 p.m. Australia, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Palestine. Balkan States and Italy, South and East Africa and Intermediate Countries: Saturday. January 24, noon; Thursday, January 29, 8 p.m. Middle East: Saturday, January 31. noon. Fiji, Tonga, Samoa: Wednesday, February 11, 3 p.m. Bolivia, Chile: Saturday, January 24, noon; Wednesday, January 28, 8 p.m. Central America, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, British, French and Netherlands Guiana: Sunday. January 25, 8 p.m.; Thursday, January 29. 3 p.m. Pitcairn Island (letters only): Thursday, January 29, 8 p.m. Chatham Islands: Monday, January 26, 8 p.m. U.S.A., New Foundland, Canada, Mexico and West Indies: Saturday, January 24, noon. Argentine. Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Falkland Islands: Saturday, January 24, noon. N.Z.A.P.O.’s 222 and 333: As opportunity offers. Parcel Mails close one day earlier.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 27 January 1948, Page 8
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247Mail Closing Times Wanganui Chronicle, 27 January 1948, Page 8
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