MAIL NOTICES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10521, 18 December 1901, Page 2

MAIL NOTICES.

"On *nnd"after Friday,r r Friday, Ist November, «iiill will' close at .the chief post office, Wanganui, as." follows: — For Wellington and intermediate offices, daily at 6 a.m., noon, and 4.10 p.m. " . For Napier, and intermediate offices, daily 'at 6 a.m.. and noon. ~ For New Plymouth and intermediate office*, daily at 7 a.m., 1.55, p.m., , and- 3.30 p.m. , For Auckland, daily, at 1.55 p.m. Mails are dne at the chief post office, *Wanganni,, from Wellington, dwly "at" 11.45 a.m., 3.10 p.m., and 9.16 p.m., from Napier daily at 3.10 li.m. and -9.16 .p.m., from New Ply<£unßfi daily' at 11.32 a.m., 1.16 p.m." ' and (except Thursday) 5.20 p.m., Thursday at 9-35 p.m. > and from Auckland-daily.at 1.16 p.m. THUBSDAY,- ; DECEMBER 19th. Australian States (due in Sydney 24thiDeoeinber), South^Africa.^Ceylon^X^i^^ib^tatfinin^Cliia* uul!J»stu&' Continent of. ESroW ;,and Umspfl[CJK|klsdo m *tf' 0 C specialty; »*Sr dressed correspondence) ma Suez (due In London 26th January) per train at noon. Gdnnects witß Talture at Wei-' TJnitetf States^of /America,' Canalcia^ West -Indies,- Central .America'.rAVest . Coast of-Sonth America, United Kingdom, and Continent, of Europe, via San Francisco (due in London,. 18th, ' January) atao<Samoa-'and~ HawaiianIslands, per train, at 1.30 p.m. 'Consects with Ventnrm at' Auckland. Tho next best despatch for the TJnitedrKirigdont, etc.; will be .via; San Francisco, leaving Wanganui- at 1.30 p.m. in Thursday, 19th December, and due in London on,lßth Jannary/ 1902. ' . .CHRISTMAS CARDS. ' regulations require that these, posted in' envelopes entirely open at one end, or the flap turned inside. Small slips, cut in the ends of closed envelope's are not regarded as leaving) a packet open for inspection. - Such packtts/or envelopes, if for delivery ia? tlwtcoTonT, - are surcharged and' •ont -to'vdMtination. If for "fceyondr tho coldhy- they- are 'detained and sent ♦•the dead-letter office.

' • Mails for- Chatham Islands close at Lyttelton abont the Ist of January. "Note.— ln future private post cards B«cd not bear the name "New Zealand." vlt will be sufficient if the ■words.^Poßt Card" or "Post Card^Be- ' ply*' rtip^itT.* • - %BiVNote".— The postage- to Samoa, is, for the present, ZJ/ instead of Id. Wall receiving- boxes - throughout tfcft town<?»ill' be cleaied-daily at 1 p.nv~&«te4<i of 2 >m.-- ■' ~> ' ' " - The pnbtio are again warned -that thfc, postage on newspapers for the, TJnifed Kingdom is Id for the first * ~ ounce*, md id for each additional 2' ounce*- or. fraction thereof . _ In«nf» ficienty»pre-paid newspapers are surcharged'double the deficiency on^deHvery. It hasalso been deoided thatthe Department cannot guarantee to forward them by the quickest, routes unleaa tHey** 16 Inlly jre-paid.-' > 1 ,