POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13078, 14 September 1904, Page 4

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Dunedin, subject to any necessary alterations, as under: —

Overland, North, daily, 10.19 r..m. Lato letters, 20.45; also on the wail van up to 11 a.m. Books and newspapers, 0.40 a.m. Late-fee letters must hear, in' addition to the ordinary postage, Id.' The Mararoa awaits arrival of South Express at Lyttelton on the 14th. . The Rangatira will leave Lyttelton for London on the 15th September, via Monto Video and Teneriffe. Hails close at Lyttelton on tlio 14th at 8 p.m. Correspondence for the United Kingdom to ba specially addressed. Mails for the Rangatira will close at this office 011 the lttli at 10 a.m. Late letters, north express, at 11 a.m. ' . Mails for Cromarty, Puysegur Point, and Te Oneroa, per the Invercargill, will close at Invercargill 011 the 15th ax 3.30 p.m. Mails for South Africa, per the Afric, from Melbourne, 011 the 16th. Mails for Tonga, Samoa and Fiji per Manapouri, close at Auckland on- the 21st at 3.4 a p.m Mails for Smith Africa, per Tropic, from Melbourne, 30th September.

TIIIS DAY (WEDNESDAY), SEPT. 14. For Australian States, per Buceros, via Newcastle, at 8 p.m. Correspondence, to bo specially addressed. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. ■ . For Northern Ports of New Zealand nr.d Australian States, per Waikare, at 1.30. p.m. Late letters, guard's van Poit train, 2.30 p.m. Money orders and registered letters close at

12.30 p.m. v TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.' SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. For Northern Ports of New Zealand, Samoa, Sandwich Islands, Japan, Philippine Islands, United States of America, Canada, Sov.th America, West Indies, United Kingdom, ond Continent of Europe, at 9.50 a.m. Lite fee letters North Express, 11 a.m. t Money orders close at 4 p.m. and registered letters at 5 p.m. 011 tho 191b. Book packets and newspapers at 9 a.m. on the 20th.

The above mail will close at the branch Post Offices, North Dunedin, South Dunedin, Caversham, Hoslyn, and Morningtoii, for money orders at 4 p.m. and registered letters at 5 p.m. 011 tho 19th, letters at 9.30 a.m. 011 tho 20th, and newspapers at midnight 011 the 13th. At the Port Chalmers office, letters at 8.45 a.m. on the 20th, money orders close at 4 p.m., Riul registered letters at's p.m. 011 the 19th. The above mails will be duo in London on the 22nd Octobcr. ,

NOTE. The public are reminded that letter postage for the United States of America is 2}d per half-ounce; newspapers Id for the first 4oz, and Id for each additional Soz.or fraction thereof.

PARCELS AND PACKETS, 'l'he large posting box at the Chief Post OlTica is for packets only. Parcels to be sent by llib parcel post system must be handed over the counter; otherwise they are taxed Cd.

MAILS FOR FANNING' ISLAND. Arrangemonts liave been made for the Vancouver mail steamer to call at Fanning Island. First despatch will be by Moana, from Sydney, on 31st October, and subsequent despatches once in every eight weeks until further notice. There may also bo occasional opportunities lor despatch of mails by the Pacific Board's cable steamer Iris, from Auckland. J, W. Wilkin, ' Chief Postmaster.