POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Timaru Herald, Volume V, Issue 110, 16 June 1866, Page 2

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

According to present instructions, mails for England, via Panama, will close at this office on Monday, 18th June, at 7, a. m. Money orders must be procured, and letters registered, before five, p.m., on Saturday, June 16th.

Letters and books for the United Kingdom and the Continent of Europe, via the United Kingdom, will be charged at the same rates as those sent by the Suez route ; but newspapers and prices current for the United Kingdom, will be charged one penny each, and for the Continent of Europe, via the United Kingdom one penny additional to the rates now charged via Suez and the United Kingdom. In future mails for the MacKenzie Country will close at this office at 7 a. in. on Sundays. Mails for England will be made up for both routes, closing at Timaru, via Dunedin and Suez, on the ] l>t)i instant, at 7 a.m. ; via Panama, on the 18th, at 7a. m. Money Orders must I>e procured, and Letters Registered before 5 pm. on the 12th, via Suez; and before 5 p.m. on the 16th, via Panama. A. M 'LAuanux, Postmaster.

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