POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11303, 22 December 1898, Page 4

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Dun' cflin, subject. to,; any necessary alterations,, as "■niier.:-^.1-----..1--1 ■'-■ ''■■■:■■■■ :•' ■■ '■'■•■.' 1"-,-'' iv" ©Terland, North, daily, 10.20 a.m.-. Late: letters.'lo.4s;.also on.the mail van up to 11 a.m Books and n«wsp,p-p«fs, 10 a.m. -■■.■, : ' . Late-feo letters dust bear, in addition to tna ordinary postage —Id for.inland letters, 2d for letters for Australia and the South S : ea Islands, : and 2Jd all'other places. ' % , :.:■;: : ~ .-.CHRISTMAS CARDS.: -.""• -- : . . :': . The public are reminded that all: cards enclosed in envelopes not entirely open; at one end, or having the flap,of the envelope turned in,'are liable to. be charged letter rates on de-, ' ■■;- ■■■■':''■ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22. \€\ . For-Northern Ports, at 10.20 a.m. ■-. '";. .: Australiaa, Colonies, at -10, a.m., to. connect Vith' the Tarawera'at Wellington. :: ' . - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. :■': ■For Lyttelton : and Christchurch, per. Te .'Anau,'at 11 a.m. ■"-:-- - ! '■:•; .'"■:' ', ■ - /'";

; ARRANGEMENTS TOR CHRIST- " 'MAS AND NEW ;YEAR HOLIDAYS. ■

• : : MONDAYS,, 26th, December, .and 2nd Janu- ; ary.'beingpostal holidays, all mails usually cle- • spatched on those days will' close on the pre-1 -^ I vious Saturday L.night at B::o'clock...;A,: i delivery ; ■will'-also-'be1 given over the counter each oatur- "■'■:-■■ day evening from 7 till 8 o'clock. Sunday hours, - Trill be observed for the private box lobby. \i\:; ' On TUESDAY, 27th (Boxing Day), the office ; Will be1 open in all branches for one hour—viz., , 'from 9 till: 10 a.m.': .The usual despatch of • mails -will be made up to 10 a.m., and one com- : pletedelivery.willbo.givenby the letter-earners r at 8 sum. Private box lobby open as usual. ■ . ■■'■-/'.■• Commencing 25th November,:a mail; is dcv spatched from London, via Naples, containing. • all: correspondence .for New Zealand, whether 1 : specially addressed-.or not,; posted during .the. : ■.• week after the departure of the San Francisco "mail from London. .First,mail under this arrangement 'due id New Zealand early:in; Janu-, ';"■'■ :- The direct steamer Euah'ine will:leave Well•■ iington'tfor, Plymouth,-..via Monte 'Video,-, on Thursday, December 22; mail closing at 1 p.m. : ... ..Mails.from Sydney for Noumea and Fiji on.: ■'■■'■■ the 28th. ". -.::.'.s ;.■-.-.■■'■■>" ~-\ ■-■•_. • .■,,,- ---: :; .Mails,-fpr'Sou«iAfnca will close at Mcl- ! Douirie,-per: Yarrawonga, on the 3pth. ' Mails for the Chatham Islands, per Kahu",; will close at Lytt^lton 8 p.nr. on the.Slat.. '- :Mairfor'Kji,per TJpolu, will close-at Auck-, ' land'c-n tUa-itii- January-at 4 p.m. :■■ ■::'■■■■■- ~; Mails' for' Tonga, Sarfioa, and Fiji, r per- : 'Taviriui;-will cldse at Auckland on 11th Janu- ■ ■ ■ afy.at 4p.m.: ':■;-:■ : .v. .'-.: \}: ~::V. ,;. ':•:'+■- :■ Mails for Barotonga and Tahiti will close at; I Auckland on the 17th January at-1.4 p.m. _, , : ■ Mails for, South Africa, per .Aberdeen hnerv TOll'leave Melbourne on the 25th January. ,: ' (Signed); Edm. Cook, Chief Postmaster. ;<