MAIL NOTICE.

Auckland Star, Volume 304, Issue 304, 23 December 1926, Page 6

MAIL NOTICE.

i THIS DAY. i Whangarei, Onerahi, Kamo, etc., 4.30 p.m. I Wellington, Wanganui, Palmerston North, I Hastings and Napier (letters only), 5 p.m. ! Southern Offices of New Zealand (also I Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay letters), I 5.30 p.m. I FRIDAY, 24th December. Wanganui, Palmerston North, Wellington, etc., 4 a.m. Waikopua, 4 a.m. Barrier line, 7 a.m. Awaroa, Cowes, etc., S a.m. Surfdale, etc., 8 a.m. Kawau, etc., 9.30 a.m. Whakatane (parcels only), 10 a.m. Opotiki, etc., 10 a.m. Mangonui. _.30 p.m. Mahurangi, etc.. 2.30 p.m. Coromandel, Whitianga, etc., 2.30 p.m. Thames, etc., 3.30 p.m. Beachlands, Maraetai. etc., 3 p.m. Whangaparaoa, etc., 3 p.m. Tauranga. Te Puke, Whakatane. Opotiki, etc., 4.30 p.m. Wellington, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Hastings and Napier (letters only), 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (also Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay letters), 5.30. p.m. OUTGOING OVERSEAS MAILS. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements and South Africa, per Maunganui. on Friday. 24th December, at 1 p.m. Norfolk Island, per Hlnemoa. on Tuesday, 28th December, at 10 a.m. Fiji, Tonga, Apia, and Pago Pago, per Tofua, on Friday, 31st December, at 9 a.m Cook Islands, Tahiti, Canada, North America, West Indies, Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe, via San Franacisco (to connect with Makura, at Wellington), on Monday, 3rd January, at 0.30 p.m. Due Londoji, Ist February. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. S.s. Ulimaroa, due Auckland, 28th December (Australian mail). R.M.s. Aorangi, due Auckland, 3rd January, 1927 (English and American mails). CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, 1926-1927. POSTAL BRANCH HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS. FRIDAYS, 24th and 31st December—An over-counter delivery of town letters, registered as well as ordinary, will be made from the Postmen's Branch, First Floor between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. A special clearance of City street receivers will be made at 6 p.m. ON CHRISTMAS EVE the midnight clearance of street letter boxes will not be made. SATURDAY, 25th December (Christmas Day), will be observed as a close holiday. MONDAY, 27th December (Boxing Day) will be observed as a close holiday. All mails wiU close at 4 a.m., with tie exception of those for dispatch by the "Limited" and ordinary express trains, which will close at 5 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. respectively. There will be no delivery by postmen. SATURDAY, Ist January (New Year's Day) will be observed as a close holiday. All mails will close at 4 a.m. MONDAY, 3rd January—Only one delivery will be made by postmen. Late Fee Letters for Southern Offices may be posted in the box at the entrance to the Railway Platform up to 10 minutes before the advertised times of departure of the expresses. TELEGRAPH BRANCH — HOURS OF ATTENDANCE. SATURDAY, 25th December (Christmas Day)—lo to 10.30 a.m., sto 5.30 p.m. MONDAY, 27th December (Boxing Day)— 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. SATURDAY, Ist January (New Year's Day)— 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. WM. J. GOW, Chief Postmaster.