MAIL NOTICES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 474, 5 April 1909, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES.

« Subject to necessary alterations, will close at the.Chief Post Office as under:— THIS DAY. • Wanganui and New Plymouth, per Manawatu train, 6.30 a.m. ' Auckland, per tMain Trunk line, 10.45 a.m. Westport, per,'Rcgillus,\3;2o p.m.' Blenheim, per tWajfau 1 ,? 7.45 p.m. ■ -..•-, Blenheim, per Opawa, 7.45 p.m. Picton. Blenheim, French Pass, and Nelson, per Pateena, 11.50 a.m. '"•■ Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland, per Monowai, 3.20 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, per Maori. 6 p.m. Westport, per Kaituna, 11 a.m. , Motueka, per Manaroa, 2.20 p.m. Blonhcim, per Blenheim. 7.45 p.m. TUESDAY, APEIL 6. New Plymouth, per Koonya, 11.20 a.m. Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, i and Greymouth, per Mapourika, 11.50 a.m. .!•••■' Southern offices of Now Zealand, per Waikaro. 4.20 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, per Mararoa, 6 p.m. Picton and Blenheim, per Te Anau, 7.45 p.m. < WEDNESDAY, APEIL 7.' Kaikoura, per Cygnet, 3.20 p.m. Picton, Blenheim, and Nelson, per Pateena. 11.50 a.m. '•' " , '- ' New Plymouth and Onehunga, per Eotoiti, 4.20 P ' m ' THUBSDAY, APEIL 8. ' Ceylon, India China. Straits Settlements, South Africa, and Content of Europe and United Kingdom, via Brindisi (due London May 16), per Manuka, 8 p.m. Australian States (duo Sydney April 12), per Manuka, 8 p.m. (Money orders must be obtained two hours before ordinary mail closes.). Mails for the' Commonwealth of Australia, Cey- ! lon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, also South Africa, Continent of- Europe and United Kingdom, per Victoria, close at Auckland, to-day, at 4.15 p.m. - Mails for Australian States close at Auckland, per Victoria, to-day,., at 4.15 p.m., and at Bluff, per Moeraki, at';3.p.m. '; '■ • Tho next best dispatch for' United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, will bo via Brindisi, closing at Wellington,. per Manuka, Thursday, April 8, at 8 p.m. Friday, April 9 (Good Friday), bcinß a Postoffice holiday, all branches of, the Post Officewill bo closed. Mails for dispatch by steamers on that day will close on Thursday, April 8, at 8 p.m. Mails for early morning. trains only will close at usual time on Good Friday. A delivery of letters, etc., by letter carriers will take place over the public counter, Chief Post- Office, between the hours of 8 and 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, and Saturday, April 10. On Saturday, April 10, letter carriers will make two full deliveries, but on Easter Monday there, will bo ho delivery. i Monday. April 12 (Easter Monday), tho Post Office will be open in all its branches (except Money Order and Savings Bank) between the hours of 9 and'lo a.m. Mails by early trains only will close as usual, but all mails by steamers will close at 8 a,m. ' The next best dispatch- for United States of America and Canada will be via Vancouver, closing at Wellington, 'per Main Trunk line, on Tuesday, April 13, at 10.20 a.m. Mails for Auckland will close at the Chief Post Office daily, via Manawatu and Main Trunk lines, at 10.45 .a.m., lata fee 11 a.m., mail van 11.45 a.m. All books and sample packets and newspapers for places within tho Dominion must be posted half an hour before tho ordinary letter mail closes. Unless ■ otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels post, packages -must bo- handed in and money orders obtained one hour before the ordinary mail closes. J. A. HUTTON, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office, WeUington, - ' < April--5, 1909.