MAIL NOTICES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2756, 27 April 1916, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES

Subject to necessary alterations, mails will close at the Chief Port Office z& under :—

' THIS DAY (THURSDAY), APRIL 27. New Plymouth, also Manawatu. -Rangifcikei, and. Tamnakl districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 7.33 a.m'.-

Wanganui, also Manawatu and Rangi. tikei districts, per '. tram (Thorndon Station), 5.15 p.m. Wairarapa district,, per Wairarapa train (Lambton Station), 6.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. -Napier and Hawko's Hay district,, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 8.20 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. ' ; ' •

■ Auckland and district, also New Ply, mouth, Wajnganui, and Napier, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), 12.20 p.m. Palmerston North, Napier, Wanganui, Auckland, and Auckland district, 7er Secand Main Trunk train (Thorndon -'t notion), 8 p.m. (except Saturdays). Napier and Gisborae, -per Tarawera, iI.SO ft.m.

Parcel mail for Australian States and the East, per Moeraki, 2.30 p.m. Australian States (due Sydney May" l), per. Moeraki, 3.30 p.m. Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Egypt, South Africa, also Continent of Buropo and United Kinsdom', via Suez (due London June 7), per- Mooraki, 3.30 p.m. (Correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe must be specially addressed.) Money-orders muet .' bo obtained by 2.30 p.m. Mails for Expeditionary Forces close as follow:—Parcels at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Books and newspapers at 10 p.m. Wednesday. Registered articles and letters at noon ■ on ■ Thursday. Nelson, West-port,' Greymouth, jlokitika, and Reefton, per Waimca, 4.20 p.m. Nekon, French' Pass, Havelock, Reefton and Westport, per Niko-ty .4.20 p.m. - .- ' Blenheim, Havelock, and > Picton, via Blenheim, per Wairau, 5 p.m. Southern oJHecs .ot flew. Zealand, also Greymouth and Hokitika, per Mararoa, 6.15 p.m. Parcel mail for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe. FRIDAY, APRIL 88. Australian States and South Africa, also United Kingdom and Continent of Europe pet- Main Trunk train, 12.20 p.m. , (Not the. best opportunity for correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe.) ■ . i Rarotonga, • Tahiti, Penrhyn Islands, United States of America, Canada, Central America, West Indies, Mexico, States of 'Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, 'British, French, and Dutch Guiana, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos. Ayros, Monte Video, Valparaiso, via San Francisco, also United Kingdom and Continent of Europo (due London May. 28), per Jtoana, 3 p.m. (Money-orders for Canada and United States of AutSrica must bo obtained- by 1 p.m.)" ' Parcel mail for United Kingdom and Con. tineht of Europe. Australian States and South Africa, alsa United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, (Not tho best opportunity for correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent oj Europe.) ...-.' , - SATURDAY, APRIL 29. . ■ Australian States., except New South Wales and Queensland (due Melbourne May 4), per' Paloona, 10.30 a.m. ; Australian States and South Africa (to connect with Mahura at- Auckland), (due Sydney May 4) f ; Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji (to connect with steamer at Auckland), per Mflin Trunk, train, 12.20 p.m. . TUESDAY, -MAY 2. Chatham Islands, per Himitangi, 10 a.m. • REMINDERS. Mails for Australian States and South Africa close at Auckland, per Makura, on Monday, May 1, at 11.45 a.m. As. correspondence for all neutral eoun tries is subject to censorship, it-is urged in order to avoid delays that such cor. rospondenec h» posted in ample time for the mail, the day previous to its dispatch if possible. Parcels for dispatch by steamers and trains, with the ■ exception of the usual ferry steamers for southern- offices, clobu at tho Chief Post .Office, Wellington, one hour before the advertised times of ol'osiug of mails. The Parcel' Post' mall per Main Tranlt expresi closes at the 0.P.0. at 11.30 a.m and for the south, per -Ferry steamer, a\ 6.45 p.m. . Late letters for mails beyond the Dominion cannot in future bo, posted on the steamer, but must be posted in the' lateletter posting-box at the Ohief Post Omen Up to the appointed time shown on the mail notice. The advertised, timo for closing mails by steamers ore liable to alteration (earlier or later) at any moment.

Ab Hie last clearance of City receivers ia. made at 5.45 p.m. on Saturdays, all aorresi)ondCTce for the- Sunday night Auckland oxprcsa nmst bo posted at the Chief Post Office not later than 8 p.m. on Sunday.

The public . are earnestly requested ta I ■register oil letters 'containing money ot valuables intended to be . sent by post. All books and samiple-packets and newi* papers for places witliin the Dominion must be posted halt an hour before the ordinary letter-mail closes. Unless otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels-post packages must bo handed'in and money-orders obtained one hour before the ordinary mail closes. A. P. DETDEN. Ohiof Postmaster. (Biiot Post Office,, Wellington, April 27. 1916.