Mail Notices

Southland Times, Issue 14816, 18 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. Sntmrban delivery at 9 a.m. - MAILS WILL CLOSE AS FOLLOWS : Wednesday, 19th December. For Australian Colonies (except Tasmania) ; . per s.s - Monowai at 3.30 p.m. . The Monowai will leave Dune.liv on the 20th inst., and will bo due in Sydney on 27th inst. Money Orders and Registered Letters at 2.30 p.m. Parcels for New South Wale* and Queensland only at 3.1;> p.m. Thursday, 20th Di-xemiser For Cromarty and Te Oneroa, pur s.s. Rimu, at 10 a.m. Satukday, 22nd Decealuek. For the United States of America, Canada, West Indies, Central America, West Coast of South America, United • Kingdom, and Continent of Europe via San '.'.; Friineiseo (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 of 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 inst ; at Mel- . bourne for Natal and Cape Colony on 19th iiisC- ' REDUCTION OF POSTAGE. From the Ist January, 19(Jl, the postage OIV 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 1 , will be— for each half-ounce or fraction thereof Id. For foreign countries rate vriil remain at 2.W, and for Australia af 2d. PARCELS. Posiage on parcels for United Kingdom will, from same date, be as follows ; — For parcels not over 31b, Is ; over 31b and up to 71b, 2s ; over 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 bt;en paid, and delivery W»U be made on receipt at this and the following offices -.-—Ashburton, Auckland, Blenheim, Bluff, Christchurch, Dunedin, Feilding, Gisborne, Gore, Greymouth, Hawera, Hokitika, Lyttelton, Mas--1 terton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oaniaru, 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 6d for the li rut mile and 3d each additional mile up t<> 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,