CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 245, 21 October 1870, Page 2

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Mails will close as under : —

For Thames, this day, at 4 p.m. and 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10 a.m and 4 p.m. For Mahurangi Heads, Central Mahurangi, and Mahurangi, per Lady Bowen, to-mor-row, at 9 a.m. For Eussell and Kawakawa, per s.s. GoAhead, on Monday, 24th inst, at 2.30 p.m.; and per Samson, on Tuesday, 25th inst., at 3.30 p.m. Mails for the undermentioned places per s.s. Hero, will close at this office on Tuesday, 25th inst., as -under :—For India, China, Mauritius, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe* at 1 p.m. For Australian Colonies, at 2 p.m. For United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton (for letters specially so addressed), at 2 p.m. For United Kingdom via Marseilles and Brindisi, at 2.30 p.m. For Money Orders, Registered Letters, and Newspapers, at noon. Late letters for Sydney and the United Kingdom via Southampton, bearing a fee of 3d and 6d in addition to the postage will be received till 2.30 p.m. Mails for the undermentioned places, per s.s. City of Melbourne, will close at this office on Monday, 7th November, as follows : — For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United Sta'es of America, British Central nnd South America, British and foreign ! West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 12.30 p.m. For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, at 1 p.m. For Money Orders, Registered Letters, and Newspapers, at 11 a.m. Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d in addition to the postage will be received at this office till 1.31> p.m., and by the mail agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing.

S. B. Biss,

Chief Postmaster.