MAIL NOTICES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 80, 3 April 1912, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES.

Subject to necessary alterations, mails will close at the Chief Tost Office as under: For Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Manawatu, Baiigitikei, and Taranaki Districts, per Manawatu train (ThornUon Station), daily, at 6.30 a^m. For Wanganui, also Manawatu and Bangitikei Districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), daily, at 3.1S pju. For Wairarapa District, per Wairarapa train (Lambtan Station), dally, 0.30 a.m., and 8.45 pan. For Napier and Hawkes Bay District, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), daily, 8 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. For Auckland and District, also New flymouth and Wanganui, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), dally, at 10.60 a.m ; late fee, Chief Post Offlc6 11.5 a m., mail van 11 50 a.m. . WEDNESDAY, 3rd APRIL. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, alto Greymouth, Beefton, and Hokkika, per Maori. C.15 p.m. For Blenheim, Pictoa, and Havelock, per Opawa,' 7,45 p.m. For Blenheim, Picton, and Havelock, per Blenheim, 7.45 p.m. , For Westport;, per Hauroto,' 7.45 p.m. THDBBDAY, 4th APRIL. For Wentport, Greymouth, and Hokitika, per Te Anau, 2 p.m. Parcel mail for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, par Turakina, 3 p in. For Ceylou, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, South Africa, and Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Brlndi&l (duo London 12th May), per Ulimaroa, 0 p.m. \ (Money orders mubt be obtained two' hours | before tbe advertlbed time of closing the mails) For Australian States (due Sydney Bth April), per Ullmaroa, 6 p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, also Australian States (due Melbourne 13th April), per Warrimoo. 4.20 p.m. For Piotoa, Blenheim, and Nelson, per Arahura, 5 p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, per Mararoa, 0,16 p.m. For Nelson, per Pateena, 7.45 p.m. For Monte. Video. Rio de Janeiro, and Teneritte, also United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (due London 17th May), per Turakina, 7.45 p.m. (Correspondence for United Kingdom and Coatinent of Europe must be specially addressed.) , For Southern Offices of New Zealand, per Maoii, 8 p.m. (Sails Friday, ' 8.20 p.m.) SATURDAY, (Ith APRIL. For Dunedin and InvercargUl, per Wimmera, 11.20 a.m. For Kaikoura, 'per Wakatu, 3.20 p.m. Mails for Tonga close at Auckland, per Baroonu, this day at 7.45 p.m. Mails for Croraarty, Te Oneroa, and Puysegur Point, close at Invercargili, per InvweargiU, Thursday, 4th inst., at 1 p.m. Owing io Cood Friday, sth April, btiing a 1 clobe holiday the s.s. Ullmaroa will soil for Sydney on Thursday, 4th April, ut 5 p.m. Mails for despatch by her close at 3.30 p.m.' The next best despatch for Continent of Europe and United Kingdom will be via Brlndibi, closing at Wellington, per Uliaraioa, on Thursday, 4th April, at 8.30 p.m. •On Good Friday the Postal Department will be closed in ii!l ite branches. Mail» hy Hteaniei-h bailhiH on Good KiiUay will close at H p.m. on Tliuifd.iv, ltli iiibt. 'flit' only df-putebi'* by ttain« on Good l'ridj,y will lie ftn tbe WuiraraiiH, Manawatu, Witugdnui, and

Hawkes Bay and Auckland, closing at 8 a.m. There will be no day clearance of the city and suburban receivers, but the night clearance will bo made as usual. There will be no deliveries by letter-carriers, but on the previous evening and Saturday evening there will be a delivery over the counter at the Cliief Post Office hetwee'n 8.30 and 9.80 p.m., only for correspondence addressed to the Post Office; and at the old Driltehed, Maglnnitystreet, between 8.30 and 9.30 p.m., for correspondence which is delivered by lettercarrier. On Thursday the pur eel b delivery counter at old Drillsbed will be open from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. On Good Friday mails are not expected to arrive from outside the Dominion. On Saturday, Oth met., letter-eaxriers will make two full deliveries, closing at the Chief Post Office at 7.40 a.m. and 1.40 p.m. On Master Monday the Post Office will be open in all its branches (except tbe Moneyorder Department) from 9 to 10 "a.m. Mails by steamers sailing on that day will close at 8 a.m. The only despatches by trains will be tor the Wairaiapa, Manawatu, Wanganui, and Taranaki districts, closing at 0.30 a~m., and for Hawkes Bay and Auckland, elo&iog at 8 a.m. There will be no day clearances of ithe city and suburban receivers, and no deliveries by letter-carriers. < Mails for Rarotouga and Tahiti, per Talune, clot* at Auckland, Tuesday, 9th inst., at 10.45 oon. Mails for Fanning Island, Fiji, and Norfolk Island close at Auckland, per Iris, Wednesday, 10th inst., at 1 p.m. Malls for Fiji close at Auckland, per Hauroto, Wednesday, 10th April, at 12.45 p.m. The next best despatch for Canada, United States of America, Central America, West Indies will be via Fiji, Fanning Island, Honolulu, and Vancouver, closing at Wellington, per Main Trunk train, Thursday, 11th inst., at 10.50 a.m.; late fee at Chief Post Office 11.5 a jn. ; late fee at mail van at 11.50 ajn. Mails for Canada, United States of America, Central America, West Indies, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, via Fiji, Fanning Island. Honolulu, and Vancouver, close at Auckland, per Marama, Friday, 12th iusL, at 1.30 p.m. 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. Unless otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels-post packages inuit be handed in and money orders obtained one hour before the ordinary mall closes. Ail the principal mails by tram and steamer close at Te Aro and Courtenay-place Post Offices at the same hours as at the Chief Post Office, witti the exception that there is no late-fee clearance, and that mails by the Ferry steamers for Southern Offices close at 6 p.m. D MILLER, Chief Postmaster.