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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13856, 20 March 1907, Page 4

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Haily Times Office, Tuesday ereninj. Tht amount of revenue collected at the Duncdin Custom House to-day on.gooda ■cleared for consmnplioii was £2607 8s Bd. ' AYOOL SAI/ES. ■ LONDON. March 18. At (lie wool sales to-dny llicre was a good selection, mid good competition at the liighoil level ot tho. series. o SILVER. LONDON. March 18. A London messngo advises that silver is (noted nt 31 1-lCd per oiincc. « The well-known firm of William M'Kerrow and Co., Singapore, which is represented in New Zealaiid liy Mr (!. L. Denniston, Bond alritet. liaa mnftlgauiaied witli Me?sr3l'ntetetm and Simons, London, and Patorson Simon? ivnd Co., ot Siligoporo nnd Peniuig. nnd in future will carry on business as Patorsim "11(1 Simons, I/omlon, and Paterson. Simons ond Co., in tho Kast. Oivinjrto tho hardening of the oat market till) pnw of oatmeal has l«pn a< vance<l by £1 per ton, and now stands at ijo both for local ami shipping orders. "lip Colonial Oil Company adviso (liat J-lio John Haixlio will disoharao all her jccroscnc oil at Auckland and Wollington. iVo ndvico has Ijcoii receivcxl when the next slupmpnt of oil will be coming lo this lniirkot. In all probability, therefore, it wil l:o eoniK time l»for ( > any ex-wharf dcUvcnes of kcroeeno will be wad«.

POST OFFICE KOTICES, 1 Mails close at the Chief Post, Office, Duncdin, as under:— Overland, Northern Ports, Christcliurch, and iniermediaie offices, daily. G..'10 a.m. Lata v letters,, 7.40; a!.=o on iho mail van up to 8 B.in. l''or Second Express for 'Palmerpton, Oamani, AVaimaie, Tiinaru, Ashlmrto:i, Chris;church, at ]2Ao p.m. For (ireymouth, ITokilikn, and Ileafioti, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, nt 12.45 p.m. IV .South Express Trains at 7.30 a.m. and Late-fee letter; must bear, in addition lo the ordinary postage. Id. THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY). MARCH 20. slai!s for Samoj, Hawaiian Wands, Japan. United Slates of America, Canada, and Vent Indies, per A'orth Kxprcss, to connect witii tlie Yontn.-a, at Aucklnnil, at G.:» a.m. Lain lottnra 7,40, also on the nail vo.n up to 8 a.ir.. Money orders closo at 4 and registered lerlluM x>. i> p.m. on tho Ifllli. Tlio aljovo inail.'i will close at Auckland on. the 23rd at 1 v'-niv For Lytlcltcn and Chrisfcliurcli, per Warrimoo, at 1.30 p.m. Lato letters guard's van PorL' train 2.30. ' THURSDAY, JIARCH 21. FEDKRAIi SERVICE. For Australian Mtstcn (via Weltiiiglon), Ceylon, India, China, Straits "Settlements, Mauritius, South Africa. Mediterranean I'orts, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, ol«., |wt North Express at G. 30 a.m. i/.\ie letters JNorili nt 7.*10 ti.m.j also on tlio in nil van up to H ii.ni. Due in London an the 28th ApcJ. ■■•CiOiesnoidfiuce for the United. Kingdom lieed not bo specially addressed via Mcl\'bourne. . A&incy orders close at 4 p.m., registered. IHters at 6 p.m. on tho 20th. . T&3 above mails close at Wellington on tho 2'.ind at 2 p.m. I'UIDAY, M/VHCIf. 2-2. ;('or Lyttcllon and Chnsichnrch, pet Tnlune, al S3 inn. Jynte !cltera -t on hoard. VANCOUVER SKRVICE. Jlails for Fiji, Fanning Island, Canada,' »lititcd Stales of America, United Kingdom,

ami Continent of Europe, connecting with tlio Vancouver steamer leaving Fiji, closo at Auckland, per Muiira, Wednesday. 20!h, nt 2.45 p.m. Correspondence to he specially addressed except for America. J)>ie in London 21 Hi April. Mailβ from ?.leibomne for Durban and Capetown, per liunic. 22nd Murcli, via Albanv: JlilliiuVs. 28lh March, via Frenianllc; Ka'rrun». lltli April, vin Adelaide. Mail-- for Nine, per Ysabel, elote at- Auckland on iho "olli at 10.15 a.m. liails for 'Australian States and Fiji, pet AVimmer.-., dose at Auckland on the 25th nl, •MS p.m. IT. St. Geobge Douglas, _ Chief Postmaster.