MAIL NOTICE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2391, 22 February 1915, Page 8

MAIL NOTICE

Subject to necessary alterations, mails ■will close at the Chief Post Offioe «b under:— THIS DAY (MONDAY), FEBRUARY 22. • Wanganni, New Plymouth, also Monawfttu, Eangitikei, and Taranala districts, per Manawatn train (Thorndon), V-30 a,m. Wanganni, also Manawatn and Eangltikel districts, per Manawatu train (Thorn-, don), 3.15 p.m. _L , Wairarapa distriot,. per Wairarapft train (Lambton), 6.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Napier end Hawke'6 Bay district, per Manawatn train (Thorndon), 8.20 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. Auckland and district, also New Plymouth, Wanganui. end Napier, per Ham Trunk (Thorndon), 12.20 p.m. ■ Palmereton North, Napier, Wanganni, Auckland, and Auckland district, per second Main Trunk train (Thorndon). 8 p.m. (except Saturdays). _ , ' . , Fiji, Samoa, Fannin;; Island, Honolulu, and Japan, Canada, United States of America, Oentrad America, West Indies, Mexico,. United States of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, British, Dutch, and French- Guiana, vie Vancouver: also United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (due London.- March 25), per Makura, from Auckland, 11L20 p.m< (Money-orders mu6t be obtained . by 10.20 a.m.), r Parcel moil for South' America, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, per Orari, 3 p.m.' South America, via Monte Video.; Ten©* riffe; also United and Continent of Europe (due London April 7), per Oran, 5 p.m. (Correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe most bo specially addressed.) ' . *. •* Napier and Gisborne, per Monowai, 4.20 p.m. Neleon, per Kaitoa* 4.20 p.m. . ' ' , Southern Offices of New Zealand, ajid . Grey mouth, HokitiKa, and Reefton, also Tasmania, to connect with Wimmera at Bluff, per Wahine, 6.15 p.m. Nelson and French Pass, per Pateena, 7.45 p.ni. . Picton and Blenheim, also the. Bays between Picton, Grail Bay, and the Portage, via Torea Neck (to' connect with ah, oillaunch at Picton), per Mapourilca, 7.45 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. Southern. Offices of Now Zealand, pea: Weetralia, 4.20 p.m. ■ • . .-Nelson, French Pa€s, and Waikawa Bay, per Nikan, 4.20 p.m. • Southern .Offices of New Zealand; also Gireymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Maori, 6.15 p.m. v FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26.. Parcel Mail for Australian States and the East, per, Moeraki-, 2.30 p.m. ' - ;. Australian States (due Sydney March 2), per Moeraki, 3.30 p.m. • .- : Ceylon, India,. China, Japan, Straits BetUements, and South Africa, per Moeraki, 3.30 p.m.. (Money orders must be obtained two hours before the advertised, time of closing the mails.) ' SEKINDEES. " Walls for Australian States and South Africa close at Auckland, per Maheno, this day, at 4.15 p.m. ' ' . ... Mails lor Fiji, Samoa, Fanrunc Island, Honolulu. Japan, Canada, United States of America, Central America, West. Indies, Mexico, United States of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, British, Dutch, and French Guiana, United Kingdom, and .Continent of Europe, close at Auckland, per Makura, on Tuesday, February 23, at 8.30 a.m. If ails for Tasmania close at the Bluff, per 'Wimmera., on Wednesday. February 24, at 10.30 a.m. . / _ littte letters for mails beyond the Dominion cannot in future be posted on the steamer.- but must be posted in the lateletter • posting box at tho Chief Post Office up to the appointed time shown on the : mail notice. . ' . .. . The advertised times for closing mails by steamers are liable to alteration (cajlicr or later) at any moment. The parcel-post Mail per Main Trunk express closes at the C.P.O. at 11-30 a.m., and for the south per lorry steamer at 5.45 p.m. . Parcels for dispatch by steamera and trains, with s the■ exception of the usual ferry'steamers for Southern offices, closo at the Chief Post Office, Wellington, one hour before the advertised times of closing of mails. As tho last clearance of the Gity receivers is made at 5,45 p.m. on Saturdays, all, correspondence for the Sunday night Auckland express must be posted at tho Chief Post Offioe not later than 8 p.m. on. Sunday. .. . , , , ' The pnblic are earnestly requested to register all letters containing money or valuables intended to. be Betn by post. All books and sample-packets and newspapers for places within the Dominion must be posted, half an hoar before the ordinary letter-mail closes. Unless otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels-post packages must, be' handed' in and money-orders obtained ono hour before the ordinary mail closes. All the principal mails by train and Bteamer close at Te Aro and Courtenay Place Post Offices at the same hours as at the Chief Post Office, with tho exception that there is no late-fee clearance, and that mails by the ferry 6teamers for southern offices close at 5.45 p.m. Mails for Auckland and Auckland district per second Main Trunk express close at Courtenay Place at 5.45' p.m. and Te Ato at 8 p.m. A. P.. DRYDEN, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office. Wellington, February 22, 1915. . .