POST-OFFICE NOTICE.

Press, Volume XI, Issue 1377, 6 April 1867, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.

Mails per P.N Z. and A.R.M. Company's steamer, for the United Kingdom, the Continent of Europe (via Panama), America, and the Northern Ports of New Zealand, will close at Christchurch at 10 am., and Lyttelton at 1 p.m., on Saturday, the 6th proximo. Registered letters at 5 p.m. on Friday, thesth. Money orders must be procured at Christchurch before 3 p.m., and at Lyttelton before L p.m., on the sth proximo. Late letters for places beyond the colony by payment of an extra shilling stamp, and for places within the colony by payment of an extra sixpenny stamp upon each letter, can be posted at Christchurch till 1 p.m., and Lyttelton till 2.15 p.m., on Saturday, the 6th proximo. Eyreton—Mails will close at 8 a.m. every Tuesday and Saturday. Prebbleton—Mails will close at 11.15 a.m. every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Clanricarde—Mails will close at 2.45 p.m. every Saturday. Mails for Addington will in future close at *!•»> CM. f Christchurch, at 10.30 a m. every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and for St. Albans at 9.15 a.m. on the same day. On and after this date the South road mails will close at the Chief Post-office, Christchurch, at 6 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, instead oi 5 p.m. as heretofore. On and after January 1, 1867, late letters for Hokitika and Greymouth, by payment of ian extra sixpenny stamp vipon each letter, can be posted at the Chief Post-office, Christchurch, till 10 p.m. every Monday and Thursday ; and for Timaru, till 10 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

On and after the Ist January, the Oxford and Moeraki Downs mails will close at Christchurch at 8 a.m. every Tuesday and Friday, instead of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ; and for Hurunui at 8 a.m. every Monday, instead of Mondays and Wednesdays, as heretofore.

In consequence of newspapers being frequently posted in packages of more thaa one number, the same are detained at the Chief Post-cfiice, andattention is called to the following postal regulation : — " Newspapers for transmission within the colony shall be posted in Bingle numbers, so put up that the date of publication may be readily seen. Packages of newspapers consisting of more than one number, shall be treated as book packeta." Chief Post-office, F. E. Wright, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post-office, Christchurch, March 7, 1867.