POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13586, 7 May 1906, Page 6

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Dnnedin, as under:— Overland, Northern Ports, Chriitchurch, »n& intermediate offices, daily, 6.30 a.m. Lalo letters, 7.40; also on'the mail van up to 8 a.m. For Second Express for Palmerston, (.lamaru, Waimate. Timarii. Ashburton, and / Christciiurch. at 12.45 p.m. Also, Northern Ports, at 12.45 p.m. on Saturday. For Greymouih, llolcitika, and lieeflou, Monday and Thursday, at 12.46 p.m. .a. For South Express Trains at 7.80 a.m. and 5 p.m. Lute-fee letters must bear, in addition to tlio ordinary postage, Id. THIS DAY (MONDAY), MAY 7. FEDERAL SERVICE. For Australian Slates (via Hobnrt), Ceylon, India, China, Straits Settlements, Mauritius, South Africa. Mediterranean Ports, Continent of Kurope, United Kingdom, etc., per South Express, at 7.30 a.m. Late letters 8 a.m., 0.P.0., South Express at 8.25 a.m. Due in London 17th June. Correspondence for the United Kingdom need not be specially addressed via Melbourne. Money orders close at 1 p.m., registered letters and parcels at 5 p.m. on the sth. The above mails close at Bluff on the 7th at 3,30 p.m. TUESDAY, MAY 8. For Lyttelton and Christoluncli, per Manuka, at 2 p.m. Late letters 1! p.m. on board. MONDAY, MAY H. VANCOUVER SERVICE. Mails for Fiji, Canada, United States of Anient!!, tl'.e United Kingdom, and Continent, of Europe, connecting with the Vancouver steamer at Fiji. Tho Navua leaves Auckland on the 36th at 12.45 p.m. The above mails close at this office on the 14th at G.SIO a.m. No special address required. Due in London 20tli June. The Itinnifaka. will leave Wellington for London on the 10th at S a.m., via Monto Video and .Teneriffe. Correspondence far the United Kingdom, specially addressed, will close at this office on the 9th at 0.30 a.m. Due in London'on 19th June. Mails for Karotonga. Tahiti. Penrhyn. and Nine close at Auckland, per Taviuni on Tuesday, 15th May, at 3.45 p.m. Mails for Fanning Island, close at Auckland, per Nnvita, on Wednesday, lGfli May, at 1G.45 p.m. Mails from Melbourne for Durban and Capetown, per Persic. 19lh May, via Albany; AValtool, 31st, via Adelaide. N.B.—The publio is reminded that letter postage for the United States of America is 2Jd per half-ounce; newspapers, Id for the' first 4oz. ahd id fcr each additional 2oz or fraction thereof. CAUTION, The publio is warned against posting largenisred newspapers or packets in the City or Suburban Post Qfiice Pillars, Lapiprpost Boxes, or Wall Deceivers. Such large-si?,e<l articles are liable to stick and cause the ho:< in which thov are posted to overflow. PARCELS AND PACKETS. The largo porting box at the Chief Post Office is for packets only. Parcel:! to bo sent by the parcel po3t system must be handed over the counter; otherwise they nro taxed £d, J. W. Wrr.m,