THE MAILS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9242, 20 December 1888, Page 4

THE MAILS.

CHIEF POST OFFICE, AUCKLAND. Mails will close as under: This Day. For Port Fitzroy, Tryphena, and Okupu, per loua, at 7 a.m. For Waiwera, Te Kapa, and Warkworth, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Gisborne, Napier, and Southern Ports, per Te Anau, at 11 a.m. For New Plymouth and Southern Ports, per Gairloch, at 11 a.m. For Thames, per Uotomahana, at 2.30 p.m. For Norfolkjlsland, per Coralie, at 3 p.m. For Opotiki, per Staffa, at 5 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. FRIDAY. For New Plymouth, Southern Ports, and Tasmania, per Wanaka, at 7.40 a.m. For Cowea and Coromandel, per Coromandel, at 1.30 p.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 3.30 p.m. For Tauranga and Opotiki, per Clansman, at 5 p.m. For Whitiangi, Gum Town, and Upper Mill, per lona, at 5 p.m. For Whangarei Heads, Parua, Waipu, Whangarei, Kamo, and Manjjapai. per Wellington, at 5 p.m. Monday, December 24. For Taranaki and Southern Port 3, per Penguin, at 11 a.m. For London, United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, &c., via Rio de Janeiro and Plvniouth (per Rimutaka, from Wellington, 27th instant), per Penguin, at 11 a.m., for correspondence, &c, specially so prepaid and addressed. Mail will be ducat London on February 7. Monday, December 31. Per Alameda, as follows : For Samoa, Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. For money order 3, registered ißttera, and newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters, bearing an extra fee of 6d in addition to the postage, may be posted in the late letter box on board tho steamer up to the time of sailing. This mail will be due at London February 4. Tuesday, 25th instant (Christmas Day), being a postal holiday, mails that are usually made up on that day will be closed the previous evening at 7 o'clock. A delivery of letters will take place at delivery counter from 7 to 8 p.m., 24th instant. All mails for despatch on 2tnh instant will close not later than 9 a.m. The office will be closed at 10 a.m. N.B.—The line of mails from Helensville to Dargavillu will clo.se at this office at 3.30 p.m. 22nd inst., instead of at 0 a.m. 24th instant. The line of mails from Helensvflle to Pahi, Matakoho, &c, will close at this office at 3.30 p.m. 22nd inst., instead of at 3.30 p.m. 24th inst The Stella will leave the Bluff for West Coast bounds, on Ist January. S." B. Biss, Chief Postmaster. TKLF.GKAMS BY MAIL. For Australian Colonies, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, via Melbourne, will close at the Bluff at noon to-morrow. Ordinary telegrams not later than 11 a.m., and urgents not later than ll.SOa.m. W. S. Fi'RBY, Officor in Charge.