POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12036, 7 May 1901, Page 4

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails c!o«e at the Chief Post Office. Dunedin, subject to any necessary alteralioiiF, as under:— Ovrrlnnd, North, daily, 10.M a.m. Late letters; l(Uu; also on the mail van up to 11 a.m. Books and >ifw«piper», 10' a.m. late-f«,Mt«s ma»t bur, in addition to the ordinary (Wage. Id. TUESDAY, MAY 7. For Australian Colonies A-ia Uoharl), India, I China, Straits Settlements, South Africa, ! Mauritius, Mediterranean Ports, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, etc., per south express, at S a.m. Late tees, guard's von, south express, at 3.5 a.m. Due in London June ;H. Correspondence for the United Kingdom to be specially addressed via Melbourne. For Lyttelton and Cliristchurch, per Elingainite, «t 1,30 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 9. SAX FItANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. For Northern Ports t>l New Zealand, Samoa, Sandwich Islands, Japan, Philippine Islands, United Slates ol' America. Canada, South America, Vest Indies, United Kingdom, and Continent o[ Europe, nt 10 a.m. Money orders close at ! p.m. and registered letters close at 5 n.m. o:i Hie Bth. Book packets and newspapers at!) a.in. ' The above mail will close at thp branch Pott Offices, Xorlh Dunedin and South Dnilfdin. and lioslvn, for money orders and registered letters at" ."> p.m. on the fith; letier? at S.JIO a.m.. nnd newspapers ul 5 a.m. on the fltli. At the Port ChalmeM olucp »t 8.45 a.m. on the 9Ui, money orders at i p.ni., re?ister.-il letters at 5 p.m. on the Bth. Une in London June 9. fV.rcrls [or the United States and Canada will close at 0.30 a.m. on (lie Till, XEW SYSTEM. Combined collection slid delivery boxes. For information apply at Chief Post Office. Mails for the United Kingdom and Continent ol Europe, per Maori, via Monte Video and Toneriffc, will close at Lyttelion on the !)th at 8 p.m. Correspondence to br ."pemlly addresawl. Parcels for the United Kingdom, etc, will close at this office on Wednesday, Blh, at 9..10 a.m. Mails for United Kingdom, Continent o[ Europe, per Mamnri, via Monte Vidro and Tenerille, will close at Wellington on the Bth, «t 3 u.in. Correspondence to he apeoinlly addressed. Parcels lor the United Kingdom, etc., will close at this offlcc on the 7th, »t S.:io a.m. Mails for NatM and Capufowu, V't inmwouga, ftom Sydney, Till Muy; Alric, lioin Mclhouriie, Sth May, for Capetown. Mails for Ihrotongi nnd Tahiti close at Auckland on the 7th May at 4 p.m. Mails for Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji c!o!f at Auckland on the Sth Mas at 4 p.m. Note.—The poslije on Idlers lo Australia will remain at twopence, letters prepaid ous penny will he aurcharKed. The public are cautioned against enclosing insets in uewepapers. The penny postage » imw also extended to Italy, Egypt, Portugal, Costa Eica, Mexico, Switzerland, Chili, Nicaragua, Peru, and Paraguay. Discount stamps at one farthing may .now be procured at stamp counter, C.P.0., on application for a quantity of not less than Hi. These stamps cannot ho used for letters or telegrams. • ■ ■ 4 Pocket booklets containing Is and Qs lid worth of penny stamps are, now on sale at the C.P.O. counter. The postage on all articles to Cook Island? and Aitntaki, Mangaia, nnd Nino is to be 'he same ub New Zealand inland from the Ist of May. Western Australia hns now agreed lo accep, printed papers at a halfpenny per 2oz. E. Cook, Chief Postmaster.