MAIL NOTICES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2595, 18 October 1915, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES

Subject to necessary alterations, mail* will close at the Chief Post Office, as under:— THIS DAY (MONDAY), OCTOBER 18. "* Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Mana. watu. Rungitlkei, and Taranaki districts, per Mauawatu train (Thorndon Station), 7.30 a.in. Wanganui,- also Jfanawatu and Rangl. likci districts, per Mauawatu train (Thorn[don station), 3.15 p.m. Wajr&rapa district, per Wairarapa train (Lambton Station), 6.30 a.m and 3.30 p.m. Napier and Hawke's Bay district, per Jfanawatu train (Thorndon Station), 820 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. Auckland and district, also Now Ply. mouth, Wanganui, and Napier, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station) 12.20 p.m.. Palreerston North, Napier, Wanganui, Auckland, and Auckland district, per Second Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station). 8 o.m. (except Saturdays), 8.15 p.m. The best dispatch for correspondence ad. dressed to the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe will be via- Vancouver, closing at Wellington, per Main Trunk train, on Monday, November 1, at 12.20 p.m. Nydia Bay. per Wootton, 11 a.m. Picton, Blenheim, French Pass, and Nelson. also the undermentioned Bays, by oil launch from Picton, via Torca Neck, per Arahura. 11.50 a.m. Crail Bay, Homcwood, Hopai. Mahnu, Manaroa, Maori Bay, Nydia ,Ba-y, Pinobia, St. Oxner, Tainare, Te It aw a, iTira Ora, Portage, Whatanihi, Yncyca. Picton and Kaikoura, per Wakatu, 3.20 p.m. Nelson, Wcstport. Greymouth. Hokitikii, and Keefton, per Waveriey, 4.20 p.m. Blenheim' and Picton, via Blenheim, per Opawa, 4.20 p.m. Blenheim and Picton, via Blenheim, per Blenheim, 4.20 p.m.

Southern Offices of New Zealand, per Manuka, 4.20 p.m. . Nelson, per Kaitoa, .4.20 p.m. Napier and Gisborne, per Monowai, 4.20 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, also Westiport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton. per ■ Maori, 6.15 p.m. Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, (due Melbourne October 24),' per Muritai', 6.30 p.m. (Parcel mails close, at p.m.) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19. Nelson and French Pass, per Niliau, 4.20 p.m. ■ Southern offices of New Zealand, also Greymouth, Hokitika, and Recfton, per Mararoa, 6.15 p.m. WEDNESDAY, OOTOBER.2O. Picton, Blenheim, and Nelson,' per Arahura. 11.50 a.m. Nelson, per Kaitoa, 4.20 p.m. Havolock, Hikoekoea, Wakatahuri, Bulwcr, Pohuenui. Waiholionu, Elaine Bay, Brightlande, Homewood. Manaroa, Tiraow, Nydia Bay, Maori Bay, To Puru, Okoha, Te Rawa, Port Ligar, per Blen- ' heim, 6 p.m. , THURSDAY, OCTOBER Zl. Parcel mail for Australian States and tho East, per Manuka, 2.30 p.m. Australian States (due Sydney October "5), (Expeditionary Forces, Egypt), ncr Manuka, 2.30 p.m. Ceylon, India, China. Japan, Straits Settlements, Egypt, South Africa, and Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Suez (due London December 1), per Manuka. 3.30 p.m. Money-orders must bn obtained ono hour before the advertised time of closing the mails. (Correspondence for united Kingdom and Continent of Europe must be specially addressed.) REMINDERS. Mails for Australian States and South Africa. al«=o Honolulu, Fanning Island. Canada, United States of America. Central America, United States of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, British, Dutch, and French Guiana. Unitod Kingdom and Continent of Europe, close at Auokland, per Niagara, thfc day. at 6 p.m. Mails for Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, close at Auckland, per Talune, this day at 8.45 a.m. A. P. DRYDEN, Chief Postmaßter. Chief Post OGlco. Wellington, October 18, 1915. Mr. Ernest George Hayes, wlio was gazetted a sccond-lieutenant at the end nf August, is the first well-known professional cricketer te obtain a commission in tho British Army. He was born at Peckham in 1876, and has been associated with the Surrey eleven sinco August of 1896. His first appearance in first-class cricket was against tho Australians, and he had to play Jones, the Australian demon bowler, then at his fastest. Hayes was in for two hours and a half, and scored 62. Since then lio has put up many fine scores for Surrey and in Players v. Gentlemen games, and has represented England against Australia._ and South Africa. "-Ernie" Hayes joined tho Sportsman's Uattalion when first it was formed.

Mr. John B. Herreshoff, tlie famous American yacht designer, ivlio died recently, was tho man most responsible for tlie successful defence of tho America- Cup, for lie designed Vigilant, Defender, and Columbia, which defeated tho British challengers Valkyrie 11, Valkyrie 111, and the first Shamrock; and lie also designed the boat which was, in happier circumstances, to have raced the latest Shamrock. The marvellous thing about Mr. Herreslioff was that he was blind, and had been blind 'from tho ago of fifteen. Ho only knew by his sensitivo touch tho shape of the boats lie designed, yet that touch enabled 'him constantly to correct and modify the subtle curves of tho modern racing yacht. His must surely be one of tho most remarkable cases of overcoming tlie terrible handicap of blindness. The shape of the modern yacht was something lie had never scon. Yet he could conceive it in his mind, and carry it, as English yachtsmen know too well, to perfection. High-grade cattle fodder is a- new French product from tomaito seeds. The seeds arc dried in a furnace, sifted to remove wood.y fibre, crushed by heater millstones, freed from oil in a. hydraulic press, and compresscd into fourpound loaves. Tortoises and turtles havo 110 teeth.