MAIL NOTICE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2337, 19 December 1914, Page 8

MAIL NOTICE

Subject to necessary alterations, made vrill close at the Chief Post Office, as under:— Wnnstanui.. Now .Plymouth, also. Manawatu " Rangitlke'i, and Taranakl- districts. per .Manarcatu.traimCrh'oCTidon), 7.30 a.m. Wanuanni, also Manawatu and Rangitikol district);, per Manawatu train (Tliorndon). 3.15 p.m. Wairarana district, per Wairarapa. train (lambton). 6.30 a.m. and 3.30 d.id. Napier and Hawfce'6 Bay. dlrtrict;' per Manawatu train (l'horndon). '8.20 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. Auckland and district, . also New Plymonth, Wanttanui, and Nanior, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon). 12.20 p.m. Palmorston North, Nanior. Wanearini. Auckland, and Auckland district, per Bccand Main Trunk train (Thorndon). 8 p.m. (ciccpt Saturdays).

THIS DAT (SATURDAY), DECEMBER 19. Pioton, Blenheim, Westport, Grcymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Regains, 11 a.m.. • Blenheim and ■ Pioton, per Opawa, 7.45 p.m. Pioton, Blenheim. Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika,. and Eeefton j also the Bays' (to connect with 8.8. Elsie and oil launch.at Pioton), per Arahura, ILSO a.m. • Nelson, per Nikau, 1.20 p.m. ' Southern Offices of New Zealand j also Groymouth, Hokitika, and Eeefton, per Maori, 7,45 p.m. :'■■•. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21. Australian States and South Africa, to connect with Riverina at Auckland (due Sydney, December 26). per Main Trunk Train, 12.20 p.m.. Late fee letter-box Thorndon Railway Station 1.5 p.m. Napier and Gisborßo, per Westralia, 3.20 p.m. . Southern Offices of New Zealand, per Wimmera, 4.20 p.m. Picton, Bleuheim, Nelson, and French Pass, also the Bays (to connect with Elsie and Oil-launch at Picton), per Pateena, 4.20 p.m. . Southern Offices of New Zealand, also Groymouth. Hokitika, and Eeefton, per Wahine, 6.15 p.m. Parcel mail for South America/United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, per Tongariro, 5 p.m. , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22. South America, via Monte Video, Tensriffo: also United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (due London February 1, 1915), per Tongarlro, 10.30 a.m. (Correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe must bo 6pccialy addressed) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24. Parcel Mail for Australian States' and the East, per Moeroki, 2.30 p.m. Australian States (due Sydney December 28), per Moerakl, 3.30 p.m. Ceylon, India, Ohina, Japan, Straits Settlements, South Africa( and Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom, via Brlndisi (due London February 5), per Moeroki, 3.30 p.m. Money orders must be obtained two hours before the advertised time of closing the mail 6. (Correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe must be specially addressed.) REMINDERS. Mails for Tonga and Samoa close at Suva at 11.30 a.m. this day.' Mails for Australian States and South Africa close at Auckland, per Riverina, on Tuesday, Decembor 22, at 10.45 a.m. The next best dispatch for Canada, United States of America, Central America, West Indies, Mexico, United States of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, British, Dutch, and French Guiana, closes at Auckland, per Hakura,' on Tuesday, December 29, at 10.30 a.m Ou Friday, December 25 (Christmas Day) the Postal Department wiU be closed in all its branches. Mails for dispatch by steamers will' close at 8 p.m. on the previous evening, and the only dispatches of correspondence by trains will closo on Christmas Day as.follows:—For the Wairarapa, Hawkc's Bay, Monawatu, Rangltikei, Wonganui, and Taranaki districts at 5.45 a.m., and for Auckland and Auckland district at B a.m. The City and suburbs receivers wiU not be cleared during the dny, but the midnight olearaiieee will bn made as usual. On Thursday, December 24, an extra clearance will be mode from the city and suburban receivers as follows!—To Aro, Wellington South, and Thorndon, at 6 p.m.; Hatatai, Kilbiruie, Miramar, Scatoun, Island Bay, Vogeltown, 'Brooklyn, Kelburn, Northland, and Wadostown, at 4 p.m. There will not be any deliveries by letter-earners on Christmas Day, but on Thursday, December 24, the Carriers' Department (entrance upstairs* from Featherston Street) will bo open for the delivery 'of correspondence addressed to streets in tho city and suburbs from 8 to 9 p.m.; also the public counter for tho delivery of correspondence addressed to 1 tho Post' Office will bo open from 8 to 9 p.m. The parcels delivery counter will open from 8 to 9 p.m. On Saturday. December 25 (Boxing Df.y) tho Chief Post Office will bo open in all its branches (except Money-order and Savings Bank) from 9 to 10 a.m. Mails for dispatch by steamers will close at 8 a.m., and tho only dispatohos of correspondence by trains will dose as follows:—For Wiirare pa, Hawke's Bay. Manawatu, • Bangitikei. Wanganui, and Toranaki Districts, at 5.45 a.m.: for Auckland and Auckland district at 8 a.m. Thorc will bo one delivery of correspondence by letter-carriers in the city and suburbs, which wHI close at the Chief Post Ofllco at 7 a.m. The recoirers in ; the City, Central, To Aro, Thorndon, and Wellington South will bo cleared once during the doy at 4 p.m.A. P. DRYDEN, _ Chief Postmaster. Chief Port OOlca, W'illiMton, Decembes 19. 1914. • -*