MAIL NOTICES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 77, 24 December 1917, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES

Subject to ncces.«ry alterations, mails will close at .the Chief Post Office, as under:— THIS DAY (MONDAY), DEO. 24. Wanganul, New Plymouth, alßo liana, watu. Rangitikei, and Taranaki districts, pur Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 7.30 a.m. Wanganui, also ?fanawatu and Rangl-' tikei districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station!. 3.15 p.m. Wairarapa district, i>cr Wairarapa train (Lambton Station), 6.30 a.m and I p.m. Napier and Hawke's Bay district, per Manawatu train iThorndon Station), 8.20 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. Auckland and District; alio New Ply. mouth, Wanganui, and Napier, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon), 11.35 a.m. Parcel mails for Auckland and district, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 8 p.m. Mails for United Kingdom. America, and all oversea countries, including Australia, will be dispatched from time to time by best route, without special notification. Picton, Jlavelock, and Blenheim, via Picton, per Pateena, 11.20 a.m. Nelson. Keefton, aud Westport, per Kaitoa, 4.20 p.m. Kaikoura, per Wakatu, 4.20 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, 5 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, also Westport. Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton. per Maori, 6.15 pjn. Nelson, iwr Pateenif? 7.45 p.m. Nelßon. Westport. Greynouth, Hokitika, and Reeft-on, ner Mapourikn, 8 p.m. Southern ofllcos of New Zealand, per Monowai, 8 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, per Mararoa, 8 p.m. HOLIDAY HOURS. On Monday, December 24, correspondence addressed to streets - in the city and suburbs will bo delivered from tho letter.carrlers' department (entrance upstairs from Featlieston Street at the Chief Post Office) from 8 to 9 p.m., also the public delivery counter will- bo open for dolivery of correspondence addressed to the Chief Post OBicc from 6 to 9 p.m. Tho parcel delivery counter will bo open from 8 to 9 p.m. On Tuesday, December 25 (Christmas Day), the Postal Department will bo closed In all its branches. Maila for dispatch by steamers sailing on Christmas Day will close at 8 p.m. on the previous Monday. Tho only dispatches of mails by trains on Christmas Day will oloso as follow:—For Wairarapa, Hawke's Bay, Mana. watu, Riingitikei, Wanganui and Taranaki districts at 6.50 am., for Auckland and Auckland district at 6 a.m. Tho city and suburban receivers will not be clcarcd dur<

ing the day, but the midnight clearances will .be made as usual. On Wednesday, December 26 (Boiing Day), the Chief Post ODice will be open in all its branches (eicept Money Order and Savings Bank) from 9 to 10 a.m. Mails for dispatch by stcametß will close at 8 a.m., and the only dispatches of mails by trains will close as follow:—For \Vairarapa, Hawke'a Bay, Jfanawatu, Bangitikel, Wanganui, and Taranaki districts at 6.30 a.m., for Auokland and Auckland district at 8 a.m. There will be one delivery by letter-carriers in the city and suburbs for which correspondence must be posted at the Chief Post Office by 7 a.m. The street receivers will not be cleared during the day; midnight clearance will be made as usual. On Monday, December 31, correspondence addressed to streets in the city and suburbs will be delivered from the lettercarriers' department (entrance upstairs from Featherston Street at the Chief Post Office) from 8 to 9 p.m.; also the public delivery counter will be open for delivery of correspondence addressed to the' Chief Tost Oflico from 8 to 9 p.m. The parcel delivery-counter will be open from 8 to 9 p.m. On Tuesday, January 1 (New Year's Day), tho Postal Department will be closed in all its branches. Mails for dispatch by steamers sailing on Hew Year's Day will close at 8 p.m. on the previous Monday. Tho only dispatches of mails by trains on Now Year's Day will close as follow:—For Wairarapa, Hawkc's Bay, Manawatu, Kangitikei, Wanganui and Taranaki districts at 6.30 *.m„ for Auckland and Auokland district at 8 a.m. Tho city and suburban receivers will not bo cleared durini? the day. but the midnight clcaraftces will be made ns usual. A. P. DRfDEN, Chief Postmaster, Chief Post Office, Wellington, Dccembor M, 1917.