MAIL NOTICES
Subject to necessary alterations mails will close at the Chiel Foist Office as under:— For Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Mana< watu, Rangitikei, and Taranaltl Districts, per Manaw.itu train (Thorhdon Station), daily, 0.80 a.m. ; mail van, 7.40 u.tn. For Wanganui; also Mauawatu and Rangitikei Districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon •Station), daily, 8.15 p.m.. For Wairarupa District, per Walrarapa train (Lambton Station), daily, 6.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m. For Napier and liawkes Bay District, per Manawatu train (tliorndon Stutlou), daily, 8 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. For Auckland and Dwtrlct ; also New Plymouth and Wanganui, per Jlain Trunk train (Thorndon Btatiou), dally, 11 a.m.; late fee, Chief Poßt Office, 11.16 a.m.; late fee letter-box, Thorndon Railway Station, 11.46 a.m. For Auckland and Auckland District, per
Socond Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), daily, 8 p.m. (except Saturday); late-fee, 8.16 p.m. TUESDAY. 19th MAY. For Southern Olllces of New Zealand, also Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Maori, 6.15 p.m. WEDNESD VY, 20th MAY. For Westport, Greymouth, Ilokitika, and Reefton, per Mapourika, 4.20 p.m. For Picton, Wenheim, llavelock, and Nelson, per Pateena, 4.20 p.m. Pt>r Huvelock and Bays, per Huia,' G p.m. Parcel mails for .South America, via Monte Video and l!io Janeiro ; also United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, per Corinthic, fi p.m. , For Southern Ollices of New Zealand, and Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Wahine, CIS p.m. THURSDAY, 21st MAY. For South America, via Monte Video and Rio de Janeiro; Tcnerille; als,o United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (due London 3rd July), per Corinthic. 10.30 a.m. (Correspondence for United Kingdom and Con» tincnt of Europe must be specially addressed.) FRIDAY, 22nd MAY. Articles for parcel post for United States of America, per Willochra. 2 p.m. For Cook, Tahiti, and Penrhyn Islands; also United States Of America, Central America, West Indies, and Canada, via San Francisco; alio United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (due San Francisco 11th June and London 21f>t June), pel" Willochra, 3 p.m. (Correspondence for Continent of Europe must be specially addressed.) (Money orders must be obtained two hours before the advertised time of. closing the mails.) For Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, South Africa, and Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Naples (due London 28th June), per Ulimaroa, 3.30 p.m. (Correspondence for United Kingdom must be specially addressed.) (Money orders must be obtained two hours before the advertised time of closing tlie malls.) For Australian States, also lord Howe, Notfolk, and New Hebrides Islands (due Sydney 26th May), per Ulimaroa, 3.30 p.m. ■ (Money orders must be obtained two hours before the advertised time of closing the mails.) The next best despatch for Cook, Tahiti, and Penrhyn Islands, United Kingdom, also United States of' America, Camilla, and Central America will be via San Francisco, closing at Wellington, per Willochra, on Friday, 22nd May, at 3 p.m. The next best despatch for the Continent of Europe will be via Naples, closing at Wellington, per Ulimaroa, on Friday, 22nd May, at 3.30 p.m. As the last clearance of the City receivers is made at 6 p.m. on Saturdays, all correspondence for the Sunday night Auckland express must be posted at the Chief Post Office not later than 8 p.m. on Sunday. The Parcel Post Mail per Main Trunk Express closes" at the C.P.O. at 10.30 a.m., and for the South per ferry steamer at 6 p.m. The public are earnestly requested to register all, letters containing money or valuables intended to be sent by post. All books and sample packets and newspapers for places within tlie Dominion must be posted half an hour before the ordinary letter mail closes. Unless otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels post packages must be handed in and money orders obtained one hour before the ordinary mail closes. All the principal mails by train and steamer close at Te Aro and Courtenay-place Post Offices at the same hours as at the Chief Post Office, with the exception that there is no late-fee clearance, and that mails by the ferry steamers for Southern Offices close at .0 p.m. Mails for Auckland and Auckland district, per second Main Trunk express, close «t*Courtenayplace at 6 p.m. and Te Aro 8 p-.m. A. P. DRYDEN, Chief Postmaster.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1914, Page 6
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698MAIL NOTICES Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1914, Page 6
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