POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume I, Issue 10, 18 October 1879, Page 2

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows: for Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m aaily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4p.nl daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. , „ „ For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterloo, and Longbeach, at .15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and‘Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. Mails for Wellington and Northern Ports will be despatched per Express Train Tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, to connect with the'Wanaka, at Lyttelton. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster. A travelling Post Office having been established oh the Southern line of railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and, they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches. Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS. The following letteis from places beyond the colony were received at the Ashbuitcn Post Office during the month of August, and remained unclaimed on ist October, 1879 1 Allinham, J. Charles, Richard Critchley, W. S. Deacon, William Devane, Patrick Fraher, John Criffin, Morgan Maclean (or Maclear) John Kennedy, William Kissane, Michael Larkin, Andrew Morrison, James Moriarty. Michael Quinlan. Mary Ryan, Thomas B. : Sharp, Sames Valpy, JohnN. Vincent, J. . . . Walker, Archibald Woodman, W. D. Young, Lewis P. McAllister, Mrs Black, John Twiss, Michael W. St, G. Douglas, Postmaster. On the first da’ jf each month a list is exhibited at each Pc .t Office in the Colony of the addtyw* of all letters received from places beyond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one month at such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end *dfh further period of two months are then forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, to be returned unopened to the countries where they originated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end of two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office,: Wellington, there to be opened and returned to thewriters. /NOTICE. N;EW POSTAL REGULATION. . Letters posted within the colony having the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied . by,a request, that the letters be returned if not claimed within a stated period, will be returned uhopened. Provided, however, such letters cWI have remained in the post office to which they may bfc addressed, at least ten days.