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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 547, 27 December 1928, Page 2

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THIS DAY Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Hastings and Napier (letters only), 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (also Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay;. 5.30 p.m. Turua, 7.45 p.m. NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, 1929 MONDAY, DECEMBER 31 POSTAL BRANCH An over-counter delivery of town letters (registered as well as ordinary) will be made from the postmen’s branch, first floor, between 7 and 8 p.m. A special clearance of all city letterboxes will be made at 6 p.m. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1 (New Year’s Day) will be observed as a close holiday. All mails will close at 4 a.m., with the exception that those for Southern offices will close at 5.30 p.m. Only parcels on which the “Express Transit” fee has been paid will be dispatched. The midnight clearance will be made as usual. There will be no delivery by postmen. Late fee letters for Southern offices may be posted in the box at the entrance to the Railway Station platform, up to 10 minutes before the advertised times of departure of the express trains. TELEGRAPH BRANCH 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight TUESDAY, JANUARY 1 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; 7 p.m. to midnight. OUTGOING OVERSEAS MAILS Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, South Africa, per Ulimaroa, Friday, December 28, at 3 p.m. Parcels at 11 a.m. c Tonga, Apia, Pago Pago, and Hono'iilu, per Tofua, Saturdaj', December 29, at 9 a.m. Parcels at 3 p.m., Friday, December 28. > >oic Islands, Tahiti, Canada, North America, West Indies, Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco (to connect with Makura, at Wellington), Monday, December 31, at 5.30 p m. Due London January 29. Parcels for Cook Islands, Tahiti, and America, December 29, at 11 a.m. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS December 30: R.M.M.S. Aouangri. from Vancouver (English and American mail). FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1928 Wanganui, Palmerston North, Wellington, etc-.., 4 a.m. Whangarei Dargaville, etc., 6.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Colville and Amodeo Bay, 12 noon. Coromandel, Pakatoa, etc., 12 noon. C. Chamberlin P. 8., 1 p.m. Beachlands and Maraetai, 1.30 p.m. Mangonui, Keri Keri, etc., 2.30 p.m. Whitianga, Tairua and Hikuai, etc., 2.30 p.m. McGill and Stanley P. 8.. Vipond P. 8., Shakespear P. 8., and O’Connor P. 8., 3 p.m. Surfdale, etc., 3.30 p.m. Putiki and Onetangi, 3.30 p.m. Wellington, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Hastings and Napier (letters only). 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (also Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay), 5.30 p.m. WM. J. GOW. Chief Postmaster.