Mail Closing Times
Overseas mails, close at the Chief Poit Office, Wanganui, as under:— AIR MAIL. Australia. New Caledonia, New Hebrides. Japan, and Solomon Islands: Sunday to Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, noon. United Kingdom and Eire: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, noon. Indonesia, Malaya, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, and South Africa: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Europe and places in Africa and Asia not mentioned above: Monday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Canada. U.S.A., Central and South America, West Indies. Hawaii. Canton Island: British Service:, Mondays and Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Pan-American Service: Mondays, 8 p.m. Fiji: Mondays, 8 p.m. Samoa, Tonga, Co<.k Islands: Saturday, November 12, noon. Norfolk Island: Fridays. 3 p.m. Tahiti: Monday. November 14. 8 p.m. SURFACE MAILS. United Kingdom, Eire. Europe (except Italy and Balkan Slates). Central America, Jamaica Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela. British. French and Netherlands Guiana. Bolivia, and Chile: Wednesday. November 9, 10.30 a.m.; Tuesday. November 22. 8 p.m. Australia, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Malaya, Japan, China, Egypt. Italy, and Balkan States, South and East Africa, intermediate countries: Wednesday. November 9. 8 p.m. Canada, U.S.A , Mexico, West Indies, and Hawaii: Monday. November 28, 3 p.m. Argentine. Paraguay. Uruguay, Brazil, and Falkland Islands: Monday, November 28, 3 p.m. Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Eire and Europe: Friday, November 11. 8 p.m. Fiji, Tonga, Samoa: Friday, November 25, 3 p.m. Cook Islands, Niue, and Samoa: Monday, November 7. 3 p.m. Pitcairn Island: Monday. December 12, 3 o.m. Nauru. Gilbert, and Ellice Islands: Monday. November 7. 3 p.m. Chatham Islands: Wednesday. November 9. 10.30 a.m. U.S.A, (parcels only): Tuesday. November 15, 5.30 p.m. Raoul Island: Saturday. November 26, noon. Parcel mails close one day earlier.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 5 November 1949, Page 9
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277Mail Closing Times Wanganui Chronicle, 5 November 1949, Page 9
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