MAIL NOTICES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2666, 11 January 1916, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES

Subject to necessary alterations, mails Mil close at tile Chief Post Office as under:— THIS DAT (TUESDAY), JANUARY U. , Wangamii, New Plymouth, also Mana-' watu, Bangitikei and. Taranaki districts, per Manawatii traiii (Thorndon Station), 7.30 aim. Wanganui, also Manawatu and Bangitikei districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 3.15 p.m. Wairarapa district, per Wairarapa train (Lambton Station), 6.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Napier and Hawke's Bay district, per Mauawatu train (Tlioindon Station), 8.20 а.m. and 3.15 p.m. , Auckland and district, also New - Plymouth, Wanganui, and Napier, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), 12.20 p.m. Palmerston . North, Napier, Wanganui, Auckland, and Auckland district, per second Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), 8 p.m. (except Saturdays). Southern ofliccs of Sew Zealand, per Manuka, 4.20 p.m. Dunedin, per Westralia, 4.20 p.m. Nelson, French Pass, Havelock, Reef ton, and Westporl, per Nikau, 4.20 p.m. , Southern offices of Now Zealand, also ; Westport, Sreymoutb, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Mararoa. 0.15 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12. Parcel mail for South America, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, por Athenic, 9 a.m. South America, via llonte Video, Teneriß'e, also United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (due London February 22), per Athenic, 10.30 a.m. (Correspondence for United. Kingdom and Continent of Europo must be specially addressed per Athenic.) Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport,' per' Pa-tceua, 11.50 a.m. Kaikoura, per Wakutu, 3.20 p.m. Nelson, Keel ton, and Westport., per KaJtoa, 4.20 p.m. Havclock, Hikoekoea, Wakatahurl, Bnlwcr, Pohucuui, Wftihohonu, Elaino Bay, Brightlands.. Homewood, Hanaroa, Tira-ora, Nydia Bay, Maori Bay. To Puru, Okoha, Te Roiwa, Port Ligar, per Blenheim, 6 P.m. ■ Southern . offices of New Zealand, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, also Chatham Islands (to connect with Himitangi at Lyttelton), per Maori, 6.15 p.m. ' . THURSDAY, JANUARY 13. ' , Parcel mail for Australian States and tho East, per Manuka, .2.30 p.m Australian. States (due Sydney January 17), (Expeditionary Forces, Egypt), pa Manuka, 3.30 p.m. Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, ■ Egypt, South Africa, and Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, rla Suez (duo London February 23), per Manuka, 3.30 p.m. Honey-orders must be ohtained one hour before the advertised time of closing the malls. (Correspondence for United" Kingdom and Continent of Europe must be specially addressed.) REMINDERS. Mails for Chatham Islands close at Lyttelton, per Himitangi, on Thursday, January 13, at 4 p.m. Moils for Karotonga and Tahiti, close at Auckland, per Flora, oil Tuesday, Januai'y 18. -at 8.45 a.m. The best dispatch for correspondence addressed to the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe will bo via Vancouver, closing at Wellington, per Main Trunk train, on Monday, January 24, at 12.70 p.m. Mails for 'Fiji, Samoa, Fanning Island, Honolulu, Japan, United States of America. Canada. Central America, West Indies, Mexico. States of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, British, Dutch, and French Guiana, United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, close at Auckland, per Mflkura, on Tuesday, January 25, at 8 a.m. As correspondence for all neutral countries is subject to censorship, it is urged in order to avoid delays that such correspondence be posted in ample time for the mail, the day previous to its dispatch if possiblo. The parcel-post mall per Main Trunn express closes at tho C.P.O. at 11.30 a.m., and "for the south, per ferry steamer, at б.45 p.m. Lato letters for mails beyond the Dominion cannot in future bo posted on tho steamers, but must be posted in the latelotter posting-box at the Ohief Post Office up to the appointed timo shown on tho moil notice. Parcels for dispatch by steamers and trains with the exception of tho usual ferry steamers for southern offices, close at the Chief Post Office, Wellington, one hour before the advertised time of closing of moils. The advertised timo for closing mails by steamor? is liable to alteration (earlier or later) at any moment. As the last clcarance of the city receivers is made at 5.45 p.m. on Saturdays, all correspondence for tho Sunday night Auckland express must be posted at tho Ohief Post Office not later than 8 p.m. ca Sunday.' All books and sample-packets and newspapers for placeo within the Dominion must be posted half an hour before the ordinary lcfler-mail closcs. Unless otherwise 6pccificd, registered letters end parcels-post packages must be handed in and money-orders obtained ono hour before the ordinary mail' closes. Tho .public are earnestly requested to register ail letters containing money or valuables intended to be sent by post. All the principal mails by train and steamer close at Te Aro and Courtenay Place Post Office at.the same hours as at the Chief Post Office, wit-h the exception that there is no Into fee clearance, and that mails by the ferry steamers 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. aud To Aro at. 8 p.m. A. I'. DIIYDKX, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office, Wellington. January 11, 1916.