MAIL NOTICES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 58, 5 September 1914, Page 6

MAIL NOTICES

Subject to necessary alterations mails will close at the Chief Post Office as under :— For Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Manawatu, Rangitikei, and Taranaki Districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), daily, 6.30 a.m.; mail van," 7.45 a.m. \ For Wanyanui; also Manawatu and Bangitikei Districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), daily, 3.16 p.m. : For Wairarapa District, per Wairarapa train (Lambton Station), daily, 6.30 a.m. and 3.30 {> m. i For Napier and Hawltes Bay District, per 1 Mafiauatu train (Thorndou Station), daily, 8.20 i a.m. and 3,15 p.m. t For Auckland and District ; also New Plymouth 1 and Wanganui and Napier, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), daily, 11 a.m.; late fee, Chief Post Office, 11.15 a.m. ; late lee letter box,' Thorndon Kailway Station, 11.45 a.m. \ For Palmerston North, Napier, Wanganui, Auckland, and Auckland District, per Second Main Trunk train (Thorndou Station), daily, 8 p.m, (except Saturdays); late-fee, 8.15 p.m. SATURDAY, Gth SEPTEMBER. For Southern Offices of New Zealand and Greymouth, flokitika, and Eeefton, per Maori, 7.46 p.m, SUNDAY. 6th SEPTEMBER. For TJnited Kingdom and Continent of Europe. For North, Central, and South America, and West Indies. For Australian States and South Africa, to connect with Maheno at Auckland, per Main Trunk train, 8 p.m. (This is a close connection with the steamer at Auckland.) MONDAY, fth SEPTEMBER. For Kaikoura. per Wakatu, 3.20 p.m. For Napier and Gisborne, per Tarawera, 4.20 p.m. s For Southern Offices of New Zealand, also Greymouth, Hokitika,,and Beefton, per Wahine, 6.15 p.m. For Nelson and French Pass, per Pateena, 7.45 p.m. For Picton and , Blenhei m; al?« the Bays between Picton, Crail Bay, and The Portage, via Torea Neck (to connect with an oil launch at Plctou), per Mapourika, 7.46 p.m. Mails for Australian States and South Africa close at Auckland, per Maheno, on Monday, 7th September, at 4.15 p.m. The advertised times for closing mails by steamers are liable to alteration (earlier or later) at any moment.. As the last clearance of the City receivers is made at C 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 Mail per Main Trunk Express closes at the C.P.O. at 10.30 a.m., and lor the South per Ferry Steamer at C p.m. j Parcels for despatch by steamers and trains, with the exception of the usual Ferry steamers for Sou them Offices, clofae at the Chief Post Office, Wellington, one hour before the advertised times of closldk of mails. A. V. DRYDEN, Chief Postmaster.

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL — • — ' — BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. (By Telefrapb.— Press Association.— CepyrieHt.) LONDON, 3rd September. The Bank of England return issued for the week ended Wednesday, 2nd September, is as under: — 1SBU« DMMftflrtNT. N«te issue, £55,500,000 Govt. debt ... £11,Q15.080 Other securities 7.434.600 Gold 37.051.0H0 £55.500,000 , £55,500,000 BANKING DEMRTHINT. Proprietors' G-ov. &ecuricapital £14.553,000 ties £28,024,8<f0? Public cte- Othfr securiposits ... 28,677,000. ties 131,821.000 Other de- Notes ... 20.212.000 posits ... M^SlftOOff Coin 10,723,000 Sest, 7-datf and other kills ... 3.731,000 £180,780.000 £180,780,000 The loading- items of tho Bank of Enrland return- afford the following: companion: — i This week. Last week. Last year £ £ £ Bullion ... 37,051,000 42,743,000 41,891,000 Reserve „. 30,935.000 26,352,006 32.247 000 Note circulation 35,288,000 3&.571.000 29.463.000 Deposits ... 162,496,000 147,780,000 54,086.00* Proportion reserve to liamlities ... 19.04 17.85 59.59 THE MONEY MARKET. This Last Last week. week. year, per cent, per cent, per cent. Bank rate ... 5 5 4£ Bank of France 7 7 4 Imperial Bank Germany ... — — 6 Short loans ... 3' 3 2J Three months' bills — London 4g 5 3| COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. LONDON, 3rd September. Butter.-^The butter market is quiet, with, only a hand-to-mouth demand. Danish makes 125s to 130s per cwt, a drop of 2s on the week on best qualities. Australian stocks .are practically cleared, and are quoted nominally at 118s to 1245, while New Zealand is about the same as last week, at 125s to 130s. Cheese.— The cheese market is very firm, owing to Government ' purchases. New Zealand and Canadian lines are quoted at 72s per cwt for coloured and 74s for white, an advance of 2s in each case. Bacon. — The bacon market is firm. Sugar. — Foreign granulated sugar on the spot sells at 30s per cwt, compared with 29<r 6tt last week and about 16s afc the end of July. BRADFORD TOPS. The Bradford market for top-making wools is quiet, and for merinos the demand is stagnant. There is small enquiry for low quality and medium crosabreds. Quotations: 64's, lower on the week at 30£ d per lb; super 60' s, |d down at 29£ d; common (XTs, fd down at 28£ d: 56's, 24d. THE METAL MARKETS. Pig iron, Middlesbrough No. 3>" is 5d higher »t 51s 5d per ton. The Copra Association has fixed the price of bagged South Sea copra, on' spot, at £23 10s per ton. (Received September 5, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, 4th September. GRAIN AND FLOUR. Wheat. — Firmly held, and is generally* quoted at 3d to 6d advance. For South^ Australian curgoes afloat 46s 6d is , demanded. Australian *>n spot is quoted at 465. The visible supply totals 46,561,000 quarters. Flour.— The market is steady to quiet. Australians, ex store, are quoted at 355. Oats. — Firm, but there are only a few j lines offering. Peas and Beans. — Prices are but nominal, and are unchanged. The market j is quiet.