MAIL NOTICES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2681, 29 January 1916, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES

Subject to necessary alterations, mails will close at the Chief Post Ofiicc, as under:— THIS DAY' (SATURDAY), JANUARY S9. Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Manawatu, Rnngitikci, and Taranaki districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 7.30 a.m. Wfl.nga.niu',' also Manawatu and Rangitlkei 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 Hawko's Bay district, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 8.20 a.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 Becona Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), 8 p.m. (except Saturdays). Picton, Blenheim, and Havelock, also the undermentioned bays (to connect with s.s. Elsie and oil-launch at Picton), per A rail urn, u.20 a.m. (Brightlands, Buhver, Crail Bay, Elaine Bay, Hikoekoea, Homewood, Hopai, Yncyca, Bay, ilanaroa, Mahau, Maori Bay, Nydia Bay, Okoha, Pinohia, Pohuenui, Port Ligar, St. Omer, Tarnurc, Tc Rawa, The Portage, Te Puru, Tira Ora, Waihohonu, Wakatuhuri, Whatahihi.) Nelson, French Pass, and Havelock, per Nikau, 1.20 p.m. Southern officefi of New Zealand, also Grcymouth and Hokitika, per Mararoa, 7.45 p ' ' SUNDAY, JANUARY 30. Australian Stages and South Africa, to connect with Westralia at Auckland (duo Sydney February 4), per Main Trunk train, 8 p.m. MONDAY, JANUARY 31. Picton, Blenheim, Havelock, Nelson, Wostport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, also tlio above-mentioned bays (to connect with Elsie and oil launch at Pioton, per Arahura, 11.50 a.m. Nelson, Heel'ton, and Westport, per Koatoa, 4.20 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, Greymouth, and. Hokitika, also.'Chatham Islands (to connect - with Himitangi at Lyttelton), per Maori, 6.15 p.m. Nelson, French Pass. Reefton, and Westport, jer Pateena, 7.45 p.m. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY -1, . Parcel mail for South America, United Kingdom, and . Continent of Europe, por Ruahine, 9.30 a.m.. South America, iia Monte Video' and Rio do Janeiro,. Tenerifl'c, also United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (due London March 13), per Ruahine, 10.30 a.m. Money-orders must. be obtained one hour before the advertised time of closing th« malls. Nelson, French Pass, Havelock, Reofton, and Westport, per Nikau, 4.20 p.m. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3. Paroel mail for Australian States and thA East, per Manuka, 'i.30 p.m. Australian States (duo Sydney Febtuarj- ?), (Expeditionary Forcqs, Egypt), per Manuka, 3.30 p.m. Ceylon,' India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements', : Egypt, South Africa, ' also Continent of Europe and United-Kingdom, via Buej (duo London March 15), per Manuka, 3.30 p.m. Money orders must be obtained one hour before the advertised time of clotin? the mails. ' (Correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe must bo specially addressed.)

REMINDERS., Malls for Amerioa and United Kingdom, via Rarotonga, Tahiti, and San Francisco, will not bo dispatched on February as Indicated in the time-table. This trip by tho • Maitai has been abndoncd. Mc.ils for Australian States and South Africa, close" at Auckland, per Westralia, on Monday, January 31,' at 4.15 p.m. Malls for Chatham Islands close at Lyttelton, per Himitangi, on Tuesday, February 1. at 10 a.m. As correspondence for all neutral countries Is subject to censorship it is urged to avoid delays that such correspondence bo posted in ample time for the mail, the day previous to its dispatch if possible. The next best dispatch for correspondence addressed to Pago Pago, Honolulu, also United States of America, Canada, Central ■America, West Indies, Mexico, States of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, British, Frenoh, and Dutch Guiana, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco, will bo from Wellington on ThursOay, February 10, by the Riverlna, and will connect with tho Sonoma, which departs from Sydney on February 16. The next best dispatch for correspondence addressed to the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe will be via Monte Video and Rio do Janeiro, per Ruahine, which steamer leaves Wellington on Tuesday, February 1. Parcels for dispatch by steamers and trains, with the exception of the usual Ferry steamers for -southern officcs, close at the Chief Post Offico, Wellington, one hour before the advertisod times of closing the mails.

The parcel-post mail per Main Trunkexpress close? at thq C.P.O. at 11.30 a.m., and for tho south, per ferry steamer, .at 5.45 p.m. Late letters for aails beyond the Dominion cannot in future'be posted on the steamer, but must bo posted in trie lateletter posting-box at the .Ohief Post Offico up to the appointed time shown on the mail noticc. I'hc advertised time foT closing mails by steamers <M'o liable to alteration (earner or rater) at any moment. As the last clearance of tho 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. en Sunday. All books and sample-packets and newspapers for places within the Dominion must be posted half an hour before the ordinary letter-mail closes. Unless otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels-post packages must bo handed in -fliul money-orders obtained one hour before the ordinary mail closes. The .public are earnestly requested to register all letters containing money or valuables intended to be sent by post. All the principal mails by tram and 6tcamer close at Te Aro and Courtenay Place Post Offioo at the same hours as at the Ohief Post Office, with tho exception that mails by tho ferry steamers for southern offlccs close »t 6.45 p.m. Mails for Auckland and Auckland district, per Second Main Trunk eipress, close* at Courtenay Place at 5.45 p.m. and To Aro at 8 p.m. A. P. MYDEN. Ohief Postmaster. Ohief Post Office. Wellington, January 29, 1916.