POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13198, 3 February 1905, Page 4

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails close at lhe Chief Post Office, Dunedin, subject to any necessary alterations, as under:— Overland, Northern Ports, Christchurcb,' and. intermediate offices, daily, 6.30 a.m. Late letters, 7.40; also on the mail van up to.B a.m. For Secoud Express. lor Palmerston, Oamam, Waimate, Tiinaru, Asliburtou, and Christchurch, at 12.45 p.m. Also, Northern Ports, at 12.45 p.m. on Saturday. For (rreymontli, Hokitita, and Reefton, Monday and Thursday, at 12.45 p.m. For South Express Trains at 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Late-fee letters must bear, in addition to t!io ordinary postage, Id. THIS DAY. (FRIDAY), FEBRUARY 3. For Australian States, per North Express, to connect with the Waikare, at G. 30 a.m. Late. leltfers Chief Post Office 7.-10. also on the mail van up to 8 a.m. Money orders close at 4 p.m. and 'registered letters at 5 p.m. For Lytielton and Christchurch, per Talune, at 3 p.m. Late letters 4 p.m. oh board. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6. FEDERAL SERVICE. For Australian States (via Hobart), Ceylon, Indian China, Straits Settlements, Mauritius, South' Africa, Mediterranean Porta, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, etc., per South Express, at 8.30 a.m. Late letters per South Express at 9.10 a.m. Duo in London 25th March. : Correspondence for the United Kingdom to be specially addressed via Melbourne. • Mails close at the Bluff on the 6th inst. at 5.30 p.m. Money orders close at 1 p.m., registered letters at 5 p.m., and parcels at 5 p.m. on Saturday, 4th. ■ ' .TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. .SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. Fo'r Northern Ports of New Zealand, Samoa, Sandwich Islands, Japan, Philippine Islands, United States of .America, Canada, South America, West Indies, United Kingdom, and Continent "of Europe, ai G. 30 a.m. Late fee letters at the C.P.O. at 7.40 ii.ni., and North Express at 8 a.m.

Money orders close at I p.m. and registered letters at 5 p.m. on tho 13th. Book packeis .ahd newspapers at 6 a.m. oh the 14th.

The above ihail wili close at tho branch Post Offices, North Dunedin, Soiith Dunedin, CsvcHiajj),' jivslyn, ilwnisgtas, Nortli-

East Valley, for money orders yX 4 p.m. and registered letters at 5 p.m. on the . 13th, .letters and newspapers at midnight mi the; 13th, At the Port Chalmers office,' letters at 7.50; i.m. oil the iitH, inoiiey orders cldae at 4. p.m.' and legi&erSd letters at 5. p.m. oil 'ttte 13th. '. , The above mails will be dit'e itf'Loildon on'the, 18th March. ... . ■WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY-15. 1: - SAN FRANCISCO. MAIL SERVICE:,- . . Supplementary mails',for America, the United Kingdom, Continent, of Europe,, etc., will close »t G. 30 i.m. Late-fee letter!* at the Ci.o. at 7.40 a.ni: and North Bjtpfiai.at 6 a.ni.. Mohey orders-close at 4 p.m. and roistered letters at 5 p.m. oti the Hth. . Mails for Durban aud. .Capetown, from Melbourne, per.Afrio, 3rd Feijniary.^ Mails for Tonga; Samdi, ( ind Fiji, per.Hauroto, close at Auckland oh this Bth February, at 2.45 p.m. • ■ ' - Mails for Cromarty, Puysegur Point:,and. Te Oneroa. per the Invercargjll,. will olose at Inyercargill on the 9th at 2.30 p.in, . . ..., : Mails for Durban anil, Capetoivh.from llelboiifne, per Siievib, Ist fiwcli;- Damascus, 10. NdTE. The following places receive hew.spapers pfSpnid at Id. irrespective' of weight: Gnnibia, Gibraltar, Newfoundland, OrangS River Colony, Southern Nigeria, and Hongkong.. , From Ist January pictorial post-cards will be passed, received from or addressed to Australian States.. with; the. communication written,oh the left-hand half of the address side and divided on the face by a vertical, line from the address itself., -" , The public .ire reminded that letter postage for the United States of America is 2jd per half-ounce; ntsvspipeis Id for Ilie first 4oz, and j'd for each additional 2oz or fraction thereof. PARCELS AND PACKETS. , The large posting box at the Chief Post Office is for packets only. Parcels.to be' sent by the parcel post, system must bo handed over the counter; otherwise ill ey sue taxed 6(1. J. W. Wll.kik, Chief Postmaster.