MAIL NOTICES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 69, 23 March 1910, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES.

Subject to necessary alteration*, malls will cto«e at the Chief Pott Oflice aa undrr:— For Wanganui and New Plymouth, per Manawatu train, daily, S a.m. For Napier, per Manawatu train, daily, 8.50 a.m. For Auckland, per Main Trunk train, daily, at 11.15 a.m. WEDNESDAY, Sard MARCH. For Ficton. Blenheim, and Keleon, per Pateena, 12.50 p.m. Parcel null tor United Kingdom, per Talnul, 5 p.m. For Southern Office* of New Zealand, per Maori, C p.m. THURSDAY, 2Uh MARCH. For United Kingdom and Cout inert* ot Europe, ria Monte Video, Rio de Janeiro, and Tenerrifie (due London Cth Ma}), lor specially addressed correspondence only, per Tainui, 10 a.m. For Xapier, GUborne, Auckland, and Australian States (due Sydney 1H April), per Monowai, 4.20 p.m. for Nelson, per Nikan, iSO p.m. For Picton, Blenheim, and Nelson, per Arahura, S p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, Puysegur Point. Cromarty, and Te Oncroa, to connect with Hinemoa at Bluff, per Mararoa, « p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, also Australian States (due Melbourne 2nd April), per Moana, 6 p.m. For Ceylon, India, China. Straits Settlements, South Africa, and Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Brindisi (due London 29th April), per Manuka. 7.4j p.m. For Australian Status (due Sydney S»th inst.) per Manuka, 7.45 p.m. For Nelson aud Fnndi Pass, per Pateena, T.4.i p.m. On Qood Friday the Postal Department wfl> be oaoaed In all IU branches. Mali* by steamers sailing on tba above-named day

will close at 8 p.m. on tho previous evening. The only despatches by trams on that day will be for the Wairarapa district, which will close at CW a.m., mid for Manawatu, WmiKumii. Taranaki, Hawked Bay, and Auckland districts at 8 a.m. There will he no <!,.;. durances of the city and suburban rei i\cr-, but the night clearance \wll be made as u-ual. There will l>e no deliveries hy letter cirneiA, but on tlie pievious esennm and Satttiday evenins there will he a ddi\ery ovtr tlie counter at the Chief Post Oflice between S :;o and 9.30 p.m. only for correspondence addressed to the Post Ofiice, and at tlie Drillbhed between 8.30 and 9.3D p.m. for correbpondencc whith i>> dclnered by letttr-car-ners. On Cood Friday mails arc not expected to arrive from outmdc the Dominion. On Saturday, 2f»th inst., ktter-earriers will make two lull deliveries, closing at 7.4 j a.m. and 1.4j p.m. On Ka^ter Monday, the Post Office will be open in all its branches (except the Aloncyordcr Department) from 9 to 10 a.m. Mails by steamers hailing on that dny will clObi- at 8 a.m. The only despatches by trains will be for the Wairarapii district, which will close at 0.30 n.in., and tho.se for the Mana■watu, Wangtinui, Tai.inaki, Jiawkcs Bay, and Auckland districts, which will dohe at h a.m. There will be no day cleaiances of the city and feuburhan receivers, and no deliveries by letter-carriers. The next best despatch for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe will be -via Brindisi, closing at Wellington, per Manuka, Thursday, i th iiifct., at 7.45 p.m. The next best despatch for Canada, Unitrd States of America, West Indicc, will be via Fiji, Fanning Island, Honolulu, and Vancouver closing at Wellington, per Sfain Trnnk train, at 11.15 a.m.; late fee 11.30 a.m.; mail \.ui 12.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 12th April. All the principal mails by train and steamer close at Te Aro and Coitrtena\ -place Port Offices at the same lioirs as at the Chief Post Oflke, with tlie exception that thero is no late-tee clearance. E. V. MOKIUS. Acting Chief Postmaster.