POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10617, 12 March 1896, Page 2

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

MaUi.eloie at the Chief Post.Office,Dunsdlo (subject to anjrnecejsary-olteratiom), v under I—

For Northern Forts, overland, daily, »t 10,30 ».!&., 0.F.0. fata lottera, mail van, North tralr), ntlla.m. : .■ . . -■'.■'. This Day (Thursday), March 12. For ; Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Rotomahana, at 3.50 p.m. : Late letters, Port train, at 3.35 p.m. . ■ - .; • Monday, March 16. Jor Lyttelton and Christchurch, per Corinna, »t 3.20 p.m. Late letters, 0.F.0., at 2.30 p.m.

For Southland^ Australian Colonies (via Hobart), India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, <tc;, per Hauroto, at 4.20 p.m. Money orders (for Australian colonies only), registered letters, books, and newspapers, at 3.20 pjn. Late letters, C.P.0., at 4.30 p.m. Parcels post mails for the Australian Colonies will close at i p.m. on the 14th. Correspondence for the United Kingdom must bt specially addressed "via Melbourne."

Due in London April 28. Tuesday, March 17.' • DIRECT MAIL SERVICE.

The direct steamer Rimutaka will leave Wellington for Plymouth, via Monte Video, on 'Thursdsy, 19th March. Mails close here as under:— '• .•■'.'•

For United Kingdom and foreign countries, &c on Tuesday, 17th, at 10.30 a.m. Parcels mails for the above Bteamer will close at 9.30 a.m. .'

Letters for the above mail must be specially addressed.

Due in London on May 1.,- . . . Wednesday, March IS. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

j?or Northern Ports of New Zealand, Samoa, Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, South America, West Indies, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, at 10 a.m. Money orders at 9.15 a.m. on Wednesday, 18th. Registered correspondence at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 17th. .

Book packets and newspapers at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 18th. Late letters, bearing an additional single rate •f postage (2}d) as a late fee, can be posted in the mail van, attached to the north express leaving Dnnedin railway station, at 11 a.m. on the 18th. The above mail will close at the branch post offices, North Dunedin and South Dunedin—for money orders and registered letters at 5 p.m. on the 17th, letters at 9.30 a.m., and newspapers at 5' ».m. on the 18th. At the Port Chalmers office at 8.45 a.m. on the 18th; money orders at 4 p.m. and reeistared letters ut 5 p.m. on the 17th. . The above mail will be duo in London on the 22nd April. ■

Mails for Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands leave Sydney to-day,. 12th March. Mails for Rarotonga, per Southern Cross, will close at Auckland to-day, 12th inst., at 11 a.m. ' ■ Mail 3 for Tahiti and Rarotonga, per Richmond, "will close at Auckland on the 19th March. (Signed) Edji. Cook, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office, March 11,1896.