POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14089, 18 December 1907, Page 4

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Dun. cdin, as under:— Overland, Northern Ports, Christchwch, an<l intermediate offices daily, 6.30 a.m. Lato letters, 7JO; aI M on tho mail van up to 8 ».m. For Second Express for Waikouniti, I aimers-ton, Oamaru. Waiinate, Tomuka •timaru, Ashburton, Chrißlclmrch, at I'MB p.m. '

Gle X m , ouUl ; Hokitika, and Reefton, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 12.43

5 p°m U " 1 I ' )reßS ra ' ns a .f 7 '30 a.m. and

L»f«-fce letters must bear, in addition to tlio ordinary postage, Id.

THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY), DEC. 18 For Lyttelton and Christchnrch, per Moo. i) a j p.m, Lftte letters 3 p,m. 011 board,

THDItSDAY, DECEMBER 10 FEDERAL SERVICE, l'or Uiiited Kingdom, Continent of rvi OPC ' A " s ]T allal ' (via. Wellington), Ce>loii, India, China, Straits SMtlol menls, Mauritius, South Africa, Mediterranean Ports (letters for tho United Kingdom need not Ije specially addressed),pp r ti ir i ' x PT es ®' at 8 »-w., to connect with the Moeraki at Wellington. 20th insti Money orders closo at 4 p.m. and rogistcred letters at 5 <l,e ISlh inst Lal ° letters 7.40 a.m. C.I .0., and ui tLe mail van up to S a.m. Duo in London 2511 i January.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER °l VANCOUVER SERVICE, ror Fiji, Sandwich Islands, Fanning is.and, Canada, United Stales of America, United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, etc., will dose at this office at 12.16 p.m. Money orders and registered letters 11 a.m. on 21st inßt., lalo letters 1.2G p.m. guard's van, connecting with Vancouver stcanwr at Fiji. Close at Auckland, per Hauroto, on 24th, at 5 p.m. Correspondence need not be specially addressed. Duo in London on 29th January.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. For Lyttolton and Christc-hurch, per Victoria, at >i p.m.; 5 p.m. on board.

MAIL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHRIST-

MAS AND XBW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

Wednesday. December 25, and Wednesday, January 1. being postal holidays, nJ' mails usually despatched on those days will closo on Tuesday, tho 24th, and Tuesday, 31st, at S p.m.'

A deliver}* will be mado of town and suburban letters over the counter each Tuesday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock.

Sunday hours will be observed in the private box lobby 011 the 25th inat. and Ist prox. On. Thursday (Boxing Day) tho office wi.i bo open in ali branches, except Money Order and Savings Bank, trom 9 to 10 a.m. The usual despatch o{ mails will bo made up to 8 a.m., and one complete delivery will bo made by the letter carriers at 7.30 a.m.

LETTER POSTAGE TO PLACES BEYOND

NEW ZEALAND.

On and after October 1. 1907, tho rates ot postage ou letters and ietter-cards addressed to places beyond New Zealand wi'l lss us follows: —

The United Kingdom, British possessions, and countries at present named in list on page 3 of the Postal Guide:

Id for each ounce or fraction thereof; All other places. OSd for tho first ounce, Hd for each succeediig ounce or fructioa thereof.

Mails for tho United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, .via Honte Video and Teneriffe, clofo at Wellington ou December ID, per Totgariro, and Dunedin, 15th inst. Parcel mail, 17th msl., 4 p.m. Due in London 011 the 30th Januarv.

Mails for Cromarty. Puysejur Point, and To Oneroa closo at liivoroargill 011 Thursday, 19th inst., at 10.S0 aan.

Ifails from Melbourne for Durban and Capetown, per ICltiados, Bth January,. via Freraantlo; Naming, ICth Januaiy, via Adelaide ; Medic, 2tlh January, via Albany.

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