MAIL NOTICES.
(Supplied by th* Postal Department.) Mails close as under:— Arthur's Pass, Otira, Greymouth, Westport, Hokitika, and. other offices (expresses), Monday, 7.30 a.m., guard's van 8.20 a.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, and . Saturday, 9 a.m., guard's van 10 a.m.; daily 3.30 p.m. Ashburton, Geraldine, Tomuka, Timaru, Waimate, Oomaru, and Dunedin, express goods train, daily 7 p.m. Picton and Nelson (letters only) Blenheim, Kaikoura, Clarence Bridge, Kekerangu, Ward,. and Seddon (via Parnassus), daily 6 a.m., guard's van 7.55 a.m. Rakaia, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and intermediate offices (expresses), Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 7.30 a.m., mail van 8.35 a.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 11.10 a.m., late fee 11.45 a.m.,' mail van 12.25 p.m. To-day (Monday), September 29th. For northern portß, at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 4 p.m. Mails for Chatham Islands (per Tees at Wellington), at 5.25 p.m. Tuesday, September 30th. For northern ports, at 5.25 p.m.; late lee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels, 4 p.m. Outgoing Overseas Malls. Mail 3 for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent oI JSuropo (spocial)y addressed correspondence only), Central America, British, French, and Dutch Guiana, Venezuela, Republic of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Bolivia, via Panama, per Middlesex at Auckland, close Wednesday, October. Ist, at 5.25 p.m. Duo London November 11th. Mails for Australian States, Egypt, Japan, China, Straits Settlements, Ccylori, India, South Africa (per Ulimaroa from Wellington), Thursday, October 2nd, close at 5.25 p.m.; late foe letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. Parcels 4 p.m. Connects with KarachiLondon air-mail, due London November sth. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in Australia. Mails for Fiji, Tonga, Apia, Pago Pago, and Honolulu, per Tofua from Auckland, close on Thursday, October 2nd, at 5.25 p.m. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europo, United States of America. Canada, West Indies, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Falkland Islands, via San Francisco, also Cook Islands and Tahiti (per Maunganui from Wellington), close on Monday, October 6th, at 5.25 p.m. Duo London November 6th. Correspondence will also be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in Canada United States of America. Incoming Overseas Mails. American mail per Golden Cloud from Los Angeles, via Auckland, due September 80th. English and Australian mail, per Ulimaroa from Sydney, due October Ist. English mail, per Rangitata from London, due October 2nd. English and American mail, per Aorangi from Vancouver, via Auckland, due October 7 th. W. MCALLISTER. Acting-Chief Postmaster.