MAIL NOTICES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1632, 26 December 1912, Page 7

MAIL NOTICES.

Subject to necessary, alterations, mails Arill close at the Chief Post Office, as un'der.:—. .■ ,-' .

THIS : DAY (THURSDAY), DEOEMBER 26. Wang'anui and New Plymouth, also liana-: watu, Rangitikei, and Taranalri districts, per M-a-nawatu' train: (Thorndoa Station), 6.30 a.m." - '■'.'

Wanganui and'Manawatu, and Rangiti : kei - districts, per 'Manawatu .train (Thorn-

don Station), 3.15 p.m. ... v. . Woirarapa district, per, Wairarapa train

(Lambton Station), 6.3 C a.m. and ,3.30 p.m. Napier and, Hawke's Bay district,. per Manawatutrain (Tliorndcn Station),,B,a.m.' BJld-3.15 PJH.;;;'.!. J;i:'W'-Vf f/;ii' .-,;' rt,AucMand ,anU.-district, .also-.,Now. Ply-, mouth and .Wanganui,' .per Main Truftk train (Thorcdon Station), 10.50 a.m.' T ';- .Auckland■"and Auckland district, • per •second";Maim.Trunk • train-(Thorndon Star' Hon),-7.45 p.m.- . ■ . :„', ' j Picton, Blenheim, and Nelson, per Te Anuii, 9.15 aim.

Napier and Gisborne, per Tarawera,' 9.15 ii;in., • steamer sails'at noon-. ' ■"•' ■ 'J Southern ";. officer' of New, Zealand, per Wararoa-, 9.15, aim. •-..■',.-'>■.••-._■ ■ FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 27. .- Parcel mall ■ for South America, yia VMonto Video,' also Teneriffc,- United- Kingdom, and' Continent .of Europe; per lonic; 9 a.mV ' '-.'-.'•"•••, ; ' :', ': . ■■

South. America., via Monte Video, and Teneriffe, also United Kingdom and . Continent of Europe (duo London February 8), per lonic, 10 a.m. Correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent; of Europo must be. specially addressed. - _,

Ceylon, India, China,- Japan, .Straits Settlements, South Africa; also Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Brindisi (due London' January 31), per Moanganui, 3.30 p.m... Money-orders must be, obtained two". .hours •- before the , advertised time of closing the mails.. , : Australian States (due Sydney December 31), per-Maunganui, 3.30 p.m. Money-ordeTS must bo obtainodTtwo lours before the advertised. time"of closing the mails. Picton, Blenheim,' French Pass, and Nelson, per Pateena;, ■ 11.50 a.m:- '■'.•'. Kaikoura, per Wakatu, 3'.20 p.m.

. Nelson, Westport, Beef ton,. Greymouth, Hokitika, per, Alexander, 4.20 p.m. ... Southern • offices 'of -Now Zealand, also /Australian Statos (duo Melbourne January ' 4), per Moeraki,, 4.20 p.m. . : Southern'offices of-New Zealand; and Greymouth, -Hokitika, and Heefton,\ per Maori, 6.15 ; p.m: Blenheim, per Opawa, 7.45 p.m. • ': MONDAY, DECEMBER 29. _'■ .'. '■■ Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, .to connect with "s.s. Atua. at Auckland, 'per Main Trunk train, 10.50 a.m. . ~ On -Wednesday, January.l, (New'". Year's 3>ay), the Postal Department will be closed In all its branches. Oh the above-named days mails' dispatched by steamers will close at-6.30 a.m., also mails by. trains for . the Wairarapa, Taranaki, Wanganui,' Rangitikei,. Manawatu;' Hawke's Bay, and Auckland districts will close at 6.30 'tun. Shore will not be any clearances of the • iity receivers or deliveries by letter-carriers on the above-named. day. On Tuesday,. December. 31, there will' bo a delivery. 6y the lettor-carriera in the letter-carriers' room, on the first-floor: entrance, Feathers-, ton' Street,, from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m.; and the. Parcels Department will bo open'from 8.30 to. 9.30 p.m.; also a delivery'over the. public counter at the Chief Post Office from ' 6.30 to 9.30 p.m. of correspondence address-' ed'to the Post Office only: On Tuesday, .December 31, extra • clearances will i bo made as follow: All city receivers will ,be cleared at 6 p.m.; Wellington South, Kilbirnie, and Hataitai receivers at 5 p.m., and suburban ones at 4.30 p.m. To-day, December .261 (Boxing Day), the Postal Department' will ho open in all Its branches (excent the Money-order and Savings-bank Departments) from 9 to 10, a.m..-Mails dispatched by Btcamers and m'ails for the Auckland district, per Main Trunk train, will close at 9.15 a.m.; mails •by trains for the .Wairarapa, Taranaki, Wanganui, Rangitikei,- Manawatu, and \He,wko's Bay districts will close at 6.30 a.m. The letter-carriers will make one full delivery, closing at the Ohlof Post Office at 7 a.m. Tho city receivers will not bo clear,ed during the day. ■'•'•, i The next best dispatch for United Kingdom and Continent of Europo will be via ,'Brindisi, closing at Wellington, per s.s. Jlaunganui. on Friday, December 27, at 3.30 p.m. The next best dispatch for Canada, United States of America, Central America, iand West Indies wiJl be via Rarotonga, Tahiti, and San Francisco, closing at Wcl-. lington, per Aorangi, on Friday, January '3, at 3 p.m. •■•'-,, ', ' All books and sample-packets and news, •papors for places within tho Dominion must be'.posted half an how. before the ordinary letter-mail closes. Unless otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels-poet packages must be handed in asd money-ordors obtained one hour, before the ordinary mail closes. ' All the principal mails by train and jteamer close at Te Aro and Courtonay Place Post Offices at the same hours as at the Chief Post Office, with the. exception that there is ,no late-fee clearance, and that mails by the ferry steamers ( for southern offices, also mails for Auckland and Awkland district by second main ftrunk train close at 6 p.m. - IJ. MILLER, Chief Postmaster. ' Chief Post Office. Wellington', December 26, ,1912.