CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 257, 1 November 1887, Page 8

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Malls will close as under :— This Day. Per "Wairarapa,as follows:— ~n , ,;t n, ,P M< vnn For India, China, Japan, Meditenanean ports, and Continent of Europe, at 3 P.m. For Russell, Kavvakawa, Coi onies. and United Kingdom, .via Naplc3\per Orient steamer), for letters, etc.. specially so prepaid and addressed, at * Pi For money orders, registered letters, and %rt P eTtler S at for P Sydney and Melbourne, at | Kingdom mail will be due at London on December 20. Wnirnrana For Norfolk Island, via Sydney, per Wairarapa, Fcn-Vaumnga.Opotikl, Gisborne. and Napier, per Australia, at 5 p.m. «r«i«« WlmnFor Whangaw*Heads. Parua. 1 jrarei, Kaoio, and Maugapai, per W ellington. For Thames, per Kotuku, at 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 2nd November. For Coromandel, per Coromandel, a.m. For Rawene and Hokianga District (via Onehuncra), per Oreti, at 1 p.m. , For Ivatikati. Aongatete. Tauranga, and Qjiotiki (via Thames), per Kotomahana, at i<s.a> For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 1 p.m. For Tairua, per Paku, at 2 p.m. , For Mansawai, Hakaru, and Kaiwaka, pel Ruby, at 5 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.00 p.m. Thursday. 3rd November. li».r Port Fitzroy' Tryphena, and Okupu, per loiia, at 7 a.m. -. For Taranaki and Southern Ports, per Macgregor, at 11 a.m. For Gisboroe. Napier, and Southern ports, per Muaipouri.at 11 a.m. Friday, November 4. For New Plymouth and Southern Ports, per W'anaka, at 9.30 a.m. Monday, November 7. Per Alamcda, as follows: For Samoa, Sandwich Islands, United Slates of America, Canada, British Columbia. Central and South America, British and Foreitfn West Indies, at 5 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 5 p.m. M oncy orders, Registered letters.and newspapers. at 3.30 p.m. Late letters, bearing an extra fee of 6d in addition to the postage, will be received by the mail agent on board the steamer up to the tune of sailing. This mail will be due at London December 12.

Parcels will be received for despatch half an hour previous to the limo for closing mails. N.B. Wednesday, 9th November (Prince of Wales's Birthday), being a Postal ho iday, the mai s that, are usually made up on that day will ho closed ihe previous evening: at 7 o'clock. A delivery of letters will take place at deliverycounter from 7 till 8 p.m. on the Bth.

fc>. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster.