MAIL NOTICES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 155, 29 December 1910, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES.

Subject to necessary alterations, maili will close ut the Chief Post Office as under :— For Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Manawa + v, Eangitikei, and Taranaki Districts, per Manawatu train ('i'horndon Station), daily, at 6.30 a.m. For Wanganui, also Manawatu and Rangi- I tike! Districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon | Station), daily, at 3 p.m. For Wairarapa District, per Wairarapa train (Lambton Station), daily, 6.30 a.m. and 2.30 D.m. For Napier and Dawke? Bay District, per Manawatu tram (Thorndon Station), daily, 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. For Auckland and District, also New Ply. mouth and Wanganui, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), daily, at 11.15 a.m. For Auckland, per Maiu Trunk train (second express), daily, at 7.45 p.m THURSDAY, 29th DECEMBER. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via Monte Video and Tenerift'e (due London 9th February, 1911), lor specially addressed correspondence only, per Tainui, 5 p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, pei Mararoa, fi p.m. FRIDAY, 30th DECEMBER. For Picton, Blenheim, French Pass, and Nelson, per Pateena, 11.50 a.m. For Ceylon, India, China, Straits Settlements, South Africa, and Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Brindist (due London 3rd February, 1911). per Manuka, 3 p.m. For Australian States (due Sjdney 3rd January, 1911), per Manuka, 3.30 p.m. Money-orders must be obtained two hours beiore the advertised time o£ closing the mails. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, per Victoria, 4.20 p.m. For Southern Offlcees of New Zealand, and Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reelton; also Australian States (due Melbourne 7th January), jk> connect with Marama. at the Bluff, per Maori, 6 p.m. SATURDAY, 31st DECEMBER. For Australian States and South Africa, to connect with Maheno at Auckland (due Sydney 6th January), per Main Trunk train, 11.15 a.m. On Monday, the 2nd January, the day to be observed as ciose holiday for New Year's Day, the Postal Department will be closed in oil its branches. Mails despatched by steamers will cloibe at C.30 a.m., also mails by trains for the Wairarapa, Taranaki, Wanganui, ' Rangitikci, Manawatu, and Hawkes Bay districts; also the Auckland districts, per Main Tuink train, will clobe at 6.30 a.m. There will nofc be any clearances of the city receivers or delivery by letter-carrieis on the above-named day, but on Saturday, the 31st December, there will be full afternoon delivery by the letter-carriers, closing at the Chief Post Ofilce at 1.40 p.m. On the abovenamed Saturday there will be delivery by the letter-carriei b at the Drillshed from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m.; also delivery over the public counter at the Chief Post Office from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. lor correspondence addressed to the Post Office only. The next best despatch for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe will be via Briudisi, closing at Wellington, per Manuka, on Friday, 30th inst., at 3 p.m. ' . The next best despatch for Canada. United States of America, and West Indies, will be via ■ Rarotonga, Tahiti, and San Francisco, closing at Wellington, per Main Trunk train, on Fiiday, 13th January, ac 10.30 a.m. Mails for Australian States and South Africa close at Auckland, per Maheno, Monday, 2nd January, at 8 a.m., and at the Bluft, per Marama, at 8 a.m. All the principal mails by train and steamer close at Te Aro and Courtenay-place Poet OfPces alf the same hours as at ttie Chief Post Office, with the exception that there is no late-fee clearance. Onless otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels-post packages must be handed iv and money orders obtained one hour before the ordinary mail closes. All books and sample packets and newspapers for places within the Dominion must be posted half an hour before the ordinary letter mail closes. Money orders for abroad must be obtained two hours before the advertised time of closing mails. D. MILLER, Chief Postmaster