MAIL NOTICES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18015, 6 March 1924, Page 16

MAIL NOTICES.

(Supplied by Postal Department.) Mails for the south close as f ° ;l ° Wß Monday, Wednesday and Friday,^;- 1 0 late fee letter*, 11.25 a.m.; S ua^ B J£v" 12.23 p.m. Train; Tuesday, l hu and Saturday, 7.30 a.m., 8.50 ft lo oo also 11.10 a.m., 11.25 a-m.v an ® 1 "„j p.m. Wftst Coast: Tuesday, Thursday Saturday, 7.30 a.m., guard's van, 9.6 _"j" Tuesday, Thurpday and Saturday, 6 train 8 p.m. % d Book packets, commercial papers, new*papers. unless otherwise epecine , close thirty mintftes before' letter mail-To-day, Thursday, March 6th. For Australian States, South' Africa, the East, per Ulimaroa., 5.45 p.m.; late fee letters, <5.15 p.m.; guard's van, 7.18 p.m. train. , For Northern Ports, 5.45. p.m.; late tee letters, 1>.15 p.m.; guard's van, 7:18 p.m. train. Parcels, 4 p.m. Outgoing Oversea Mails. Maiis tor Chatham Islands close here ° n Saturday, March Bth, at 11.10 a.m.; late fee letters, 11.25 a.m.; guard's van, 12.20 p.m. tiain, to connect with - the Tees leaving fima.ru on March 10th. Mails which left Auckland on January 15th, via, Vancouver, arrived London February 16th. Mails for Kingdom and Europe, via Monte Video and Teneriffe (specially addressed correspondence, per Kia Ora only), close at Christchurch on March 14th, at 11.10 a.m. Mails for United Kingdom, Europe, and U.S.A., via Vancouver, per. Niagara, close at Christchurch on 15th inst., at 5.45 p.m. Mails for United ICingdom; and Europe, via Monte. Video, and Teneriffe, per Matakana, close at Christchurch on 10th inst., at 5.45 p.m. (Specially addressed correspondence only. ) , Mails which left Wellington on January 29th, via San Francisco, arrived London March 2nd. Incoming Oversea Mails. R.M.S. Maunganui left San Francisco for Wellington on February 22nd. She carries 1543 bags mail (including 1169 bags mail from United Kingdom) and 122 parcor receptacles for New Zealand. Mail due Christchurch March 16th. Maxama left Sydney for Auckland on Feb®9th. She' carries 18 bag's mail for Christchurch. Mail due Christchurch-to-day. Ulimaroa left Sydney for • Wellington on Ist mat. She carries 22 bags mail and 28 parcel receptacles for Christchurch. Due Chris tchurch to-day. J. E. BROADFOOT, . ' ■ Chief Postmaster.

PORT OP TIMAItU. Arrived, Paparoa, from Dunedin; Winea.. tui, from Oamaru. .>■'«» Siriled Paparoa, for Lyttelton; Wingstui, for VVeHjiigton; Opihi, for Lyttelton. Expected Arrivals. Storm, from Oamaru, to-day. Orepuki, from. Golden Bay, - to-morrow. Breeze, from Oamaru, to-morrow. J. asmaiua, from to-morrow. Kini, from Dunodin, Saturday. Waikouaiti, from Hobart, Saturday. Calm, from Oamaru, Monday. Tees, from Chatham Islands; Monday. Corinna, from Wellington; Tuesday. Trewyn, from New York,, March. ■ Trevose,. from-Newport' -News, March. Hertford, from • Dunedin, March 20th. Canadian Constructor, - from Melbourne, Maroh 22nd.,. Trekieve, from New York,. end of March: Trelyon, from Nnw York, end of April. Notes. The Paparoa _ arrived from 1 Dunedin yesterday to, load ' frozen meat- and - wool for thp. United Kingdom. The Wingatui got in . from > Oamaru yesterday and loaded' general cargo , for Wellington and Auckland, for which ports she sailed in the evening. • , Thfe' Opihi sailed for Lyttelton' yesterday. The Stpnn'is due here to-day from Oamaru to load for northern porta, sailing' via Lyttelton. '. '

RICH SHIPS' STEWARDS.

FORTUNES MADE BY TIPS. There ' were - many eager ; applicants. one day recently at the offices of the .shipping companies in London for jobs as stewards, (tie anonunoement that' a ret/ned, chief steward had.' left £24,000 'in • his will iw responsible.. , 1 "Tho steward who' makes moaiey,",Baid a shipping authority,' '"ii' the' steward. : who uaeß ilia brams. Those in the largo liners are the servants , for days at' a time. of the world's leading financiera, and the£,xan becoine, With 'the inlotmation".given to them, hig.ta.iy dabblers : on. the JStocic i-tdu*nge.. "i knotv of one man on the, trams-Atlantic service who,' at the age of forty, had. not a pehny.? He retired' at'tEei' age of' sixty with an income of more than iIOCiO a year, entirely built ,up by using , information given to .him by ..passengers who wanted to do him a good turn.

"Chief stewards, .generally speaking,, do not receive , tipe. The cluet stewards of an intermediate liner ■is not too weil/paid;, but the men' who, rise to the post in. one of the world's largest ships receive good money.'

"It is known that .the' chief steward of one of the world's largest ships is pud mote than ; £I2OO a year, and that the . captain of -his chip receives'very, little more. The circumstances' in that " case, however, are unusual. ~ ... • "Tipping on board, a liner is often extravagant. I have known an American "traveller giving- his dining room steward £lO at the end of a five days' crossing. The normal tip is .about one-fifth that amount.- • >• "Even, so, a steward serving eight tables may easily pocket . £2O; and, bb th 6 'BI3 Six' from Southampton msuite thirty tips a year, a man.has 'doiie baidly . who bus ■ not pocketed £SO0 1 in addition to his pay. "It is well known- that men are more generous tippers than. women. Consequently the" emoke room;: steward" on a liner is likely to come off best. ' ' » "He profits not only from -the; tips he receives *Ln bulk from his-patrons-when the ship makes port, but also from the odd' shillings arid sixpences in' change that the haUp'y-go-lUcky smoke room ■ habitue hae not bothered to take. He benefits, also fr ? m the work he does' in running, the. auction pool on the ship's daily run. ''There was at one. time .e. custom that allowed the-smoke room steward 10 per cent, of the pool. That might be as much aa £7O in a day, for a £700.,, pool is by. no means, unknown in a large with .a, sporting crowd' of - passengers..