MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11654, 19 October 1923, Page 10

MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY

. Please assist the Post Office by polling »our correspondence frequently during iho day Plcton, Havelock and Bleniioim, via Pic- , ton, per Waiuui-10.45 a.m., U am .Australian States; Ue\loti, indiu, Chinn, j Japan. Straits Settlements, Egypt, and ■ South Africa, per Ulimarua —U) a.m., I 11 a.m. Note—Postage on letters for Australia is Id per ounce. Panel mail for Australian Stales via Newcastle, close C.P.O. at U a.m. : Blenheim. Havelock, ami PicUm, Oa S Blenheim, per Echo—2.ls pm.. 3 p.m. Australian -State*, via Newcastle, per ] Katoa—3 p.tu.. 4 p.m. ' Nelson, Kienrh Pass and Havelock, | also mails and express transit-paid parj .-e's foi h’ecfton and Westport, pci Nikau— 5 p.ni., 5.15 p.m. ; Southern Odices of New Zealand; also i mails and parcels for Greymouth, lloki* I tika and Reefton, and mails and express t transit-paid parcels for Westport; also | Kaikouru, per Wnhinc- 6 p.m., 6.45 p.ui. j SATURDAY. ! Ni>Uon, lla%elock lincluding Upper j Pelorus Sound), and Blenheim; also correspondence for the undermentioned bay*, to connect with oil-launch at Havelock: Bulwer, Ufail Bay, Elaine Bay, jiumowood, Hopai, Manama, Ukoha, Pohuenui, Port Ligar, Te Puru. \\ akatnhuri, and \\ aitatn Ba> j also private bags for Brightlands, Eli Bay and Titiraugi e‘-tute, per Xgaio--5 p.m., 5.15 p.m. TUESDAY. Picton, Blenheim and Havelock, via Piclon, per Gale —3.15 p.m., 4 p.m. Chat ham Islands, per Tees, at Lyttetj ton, per Maruroa—6 p.m., 6.45 p.m. OUTGOING OVERSEA MAILS. The next dispatch for correspondence addressed to United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, and United States of America via San Francisco will be per R.M.S. Tahiti, closing at Wellington, Tuesday, October oOth at 1 p.m.; mail due London m.nt Uccembei 3rd. Mails for Australian States, South Africa, and the East, also Apia. Pago Pago and Honolulu, close at Wellington, • Thursday, October 25th, at 10.45 a.m., • connecting wiTh Manuka, closiug at AuckS land, Friday, October 26th, at 9 a.in. .Mum lor United Kingdom and Con tinjent of Europe (speeiHly addressed corj respondence only), also Monte Video and jTent-rxffe, per Tainui, close at Weiling- | lon Wednesday, October 31st, at 20 a.m. I Mails which left Auckland on August ■ 7th. per R.M.S. Makura, via Vancouver, .arrived at London on September Bth; laLo mails which left Wellington on ; August 28th, per R.M.S. Tahiti, via San i Francisco, arrived at London on SeptemI INCOMING OVERSEA MAILS. (Arrival dates approximate only.) R. Niagara left Vancou>er on October 6th for Auckland. She carries 1168 bags mail for New Zealand; mail duo here October 27th. S. Hauraki left San Francisco for Auckland on September 29th. She carries 187 bugs mail and 253 parcel-receptacle* for New Zealand; mail due here October 23rd. LABOUR DAY. On Monday, October 22nd (Laboa* Day), the Post Office will be closed in all its branches. Mails due to close on Monday, October 22nd, will close at midj night on Sundav, October 21st. These mails will include correspondence cleared Irom the city and suburban receivers at midnight on Sunday, October 21st. There will be no clearance of city and suburban receivers between midnight on Sunday and midnight on Monday. There will be no delivery by postmen on Monday, October 22ncl, but on Saturday, October 20th, the postmen’s branch (on first door, General Post Office, entrance from Featherston street) will be open from 8 to 9 p.tn. for delivery cf correspondence diiected to addre-sses in the city and suburbs. . The public delivery counter will be similarly open for delivery of correspondence addressed to the Chief Post Office. MAILS CLOSE DAILY. Southern Offices, per ferry steamer, 0 p.m Palmerston North, Wanganui, and Rangitikei districts, 7.30 a.m., 11.20 a.in., 3 p.m., 4.30 p.m. New Plymouth and Taranaki district, 7.30 a.m., 11.20 a.m. Mano.watu district, 7.30 a.m. and '4 p m., late fee 3.15 p.m. Wairarapa district, 3 a.m,, 6 a.m., 3 p.m., late fee 3J.5 p.m. Napier and Hawke’s Bay district, o a.m., 11.20 a.m., 3 p.m., 4.30 p.m. Auckland and district, 11.20 a.m., late fee C-P.O noon, railway station 12.40 p.m. Parcel mail for Auckland and district, 3 p.m.* F. W. PENLINGTON, Acting-Chief Chief Dost office, Wellington, ‘October 19th, 1923.