CITY EDITION. POST OFFICE MAIL NOTICE.

Evening Star, Issue 11452, 21 January 1901, Page 4

CITY EDITION. POST OFFICE MAIL NOTICE.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Dunedin, subject to any necessary alterations, as under*.—

Overland, North, daily, 10.20 a.m. Late letters, 10.45 ; also on the mail van up to 11 a.m. Books and newspapers, 10 a.m.

Late-fee letters must bear, in addition to the ordinary postage —Id for inland letters, 2d for letters for Australia and the South Sea Islands, and for foreign countries. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22.

For Northern Porte. —Per Talune, at 3 p.m.

For Australian Colonies, via Hobart, India, China, Straits Settlements, South Africa, Mauritius, Mediterranean Ports, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, etc. —Per South express, to connect with the Moana at the Bluff, at 8 a.m. Due in London March 3.

Also correspondence for Hawaiian Islands, Canada, and United States of America, to connect with tho Vancouver steamer at Sydney. " THURSDAY, JANUARY 24. For Northern Ports.—Per Monowai, at 4 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. For Australian Colonies, except Tasmania. —Per North express, to connect with the Monowai, at 10 a.m. Mail for Norfolk Island will close at Auckland on tho 22nd. Mails for Natal and Gape Town, per Aberdeen, on the 22nd, and Gulf of Bothnia, from Melbourne. January 21. Note.—The postage on letters to Australia will remain at twopence; letters prepaid one penny will be surcharged. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE. The posta.ge on letters and letter-cards for delivery within the colony or for United Kingdom, Carjidn, India,' Capo Colony, and practically all other pl?.ccs in the British Empire, except Australia, is now. for "each half-ounce or fraction thereof, Id. For foreign countries the rate, will remain at 2id, and for Australia at 2d. PARCELS. Postage on parcels for United Kingdom is as follows: —For parcels not over 31b, Is ; over 31b and up to 71b, 2s ; over 71b and up to 111b, 3s. EXPRESS DELIVERY AND SPECIAL MESSENGER SERVICES Have been established. The express deliver}' covers letters and parcels not exceeding 31b in weight, for which an extra fee of 6d has been paid, and delivery will be made on receipt at this and the following offices:—Ashbnrton, Auckland, Blenheim, Bluff, Christchurch. Feildihg. Gisborne, Gore, Greymouth, Hawera, Hokitika, Invercargill, LyV telton, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Onehunga, Palmerston North, Port Chalmers, Thames, Timaru, Wanganui Wellin.g'fcon, Westport. The special messenger service means placing a messenger at the disposal of any telephone exchange subscriber on request being made, ancTa fee of 6d for the first mile and 3d each additional mile up to two miles, or time payment, being made. Such messengers may be utilised for running an errand, ordering a- cab, deliv-ering letters, small parcels, or any similar service. Edmd. Cook, Chief Postmaster.