MAIL NOTICES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6065, 31 December 1897, Page 2

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations : — Friday, Dec. 31. For Northern Ports, per Flora, at 4.20 p.m.; late fee letters, 4.35 p.m.; guard's van, 5.30 p.m. train. For Chatham Islands, per Kahu, at 7.45 i p.m.; late fee letters, 8 p.m.; guard's van, 9.15 p.m. train. For Northern Ports, per Rotouiahana, at 7.45 p.m. ; late fee letters, 8 p.m. ; guard's van, 9.15 p.m. train. For Invercargill and intermediate offices, also Australian colonies (via Bluff) due Melbourne Jan. 8, Ceylon, India, China, &c, and specially addressed correspondence via Suez for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (due London Feb. 15), per express, to connect with Waikare, at 7.45 p.m.; late fee letters, 8 p.m. ; mail van, 11 a.m. train Saturday. Friday, Jan. 7. For Northern Ports, Australian Colonies (via, Wellington), Fiji, Hawaii, also British Columbia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, (via Vancouver), per Wakatipu, at 7.45 p.m.; late fee letters, 8 p.m.; guard's van, 9.15 p.m. train. Due Vancouver Jan. 29 ; London Feb. 11. Due Sydney Jan. 13.

Mails for Australia, . &c, per Waikare, close at Bluff, on Jan. 3, at 2 p.m. Mails for South America, &c , per Star of New Zealand, close at Wellington on Dec. 31. - Mails for Noumea and Fiji leave Sydney . on Jan. 5. .. Mails for South Africa leave Melbourne on Jan. 6. Mails for Norfolk Island, per May Howard, close at Auckland on Jan. 6 at 11 a.m. Mails for Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, per Ovalau, close at Auckland on Jan. 12 at 4 p.m.