Mail Notices

Southland Times, Issue 14815, 17 December 1900, Page 2

Mail Notices

LETTER CARRIERS' DELIVERY. Deliveries by Letter Carriers are made daily. Town delivery at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m, Suburban delivery at 9 a.m. MAILS WILL CLOSE AS FOLLOWS : Monday, 17th December. for Natal and Cape Colony at 2.45 p.m. For the United Kingdom and the Continent * of Europe (via Naples), India, China, Straits Settlements, Aden, Egypt,' and the Auitralian Colonies, per s.B. Moana at 2.46 p.m. Money Orders and Registered Letters at 1.45 p.m. Parcels for Australian Colonies at 1.45 p.m. ; The English mail of this despatch will be due in London on 27th January. A Parcels Mail for the United Kingdom and for correspondence, specially addressed per I.S. Tokomaru, at 3.15 p.m. The lokomaru will leave Wellington on 20th Dec., and will be due in London on Bth February TKtfftSiuv, 20th December For Cromarty and Te Oneroa, per s.s. Rimu, at 10 a.m. * Saturday, 22nd Deckmber. For the United States of America, Canada, West Indies, Central America, West Coast of. South America, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe via San Fraaoisco (due in London on 26th January), also, Japan, Samoa, and Hawaiian Islands, at 3. 15 p.m. < Money Orders and Registered Letters at 2 p.m. Parcels for United States oT America at 2,15 p.m. Note— Mails close at Sydney for Natal and Cape- Colony on 28th December ; at Auckland for Fiji on 19th mat; at Melbourne for Natal and Cape Colony on 19th iast. .REDUCTION OF POSTAGE. From the Ist January, 1901, the postage on letters and letter-cards for delivery within the colony or for United Kingdom, Canada, India, Cape Colony, and practically all other places in the British Empire, except Australia, will be— for each half -ounce or fraction thereof Id. For foreign countries rate will remain at 2M, and for Australia at 2d. PARCELS. Postage on parcels for United Kingdom will, from same date, be as follows ; — For parcels not over 31b, Is ; over 31b and up to 71b, 2e ; orer 71b and up to 111 b, 3s. EXPRESS DELIVERY AND SPECIAL MESSENGER SERVICES Will also be established as from Ist January next. The express delivery will cover letters and parcels not exceeding 31b in weight, for which an extra fee of 6d has been paid, and delivery will be made on receipt at this and the following offices : — Ashburton, Auckland, Blenheim, Bluff, Christchurch, Dunedin, Feilding, Gisborne, Gore, Greymouth, Hawera, Hokitika, Lyttelton, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, - Oamarn, Onehunga, Palmerston North, Port Chalmers, Thames, Timaru, Wanganui, Wellington, Westport. •The special messenger service means placing a messenger at the disposal of any telephone exchange subscriber on request ' being made, and a fee of fid for the first mile and 3d each additional mile up to two miles/or time payment being made, such messengers may be utilised for running an errand, ordering a cab, delivering letters, small parcels, or any similar service. J. W. WILKIN, Chief Poßtmaster.