MAIL NOTICES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2853, 18 August 1916, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES

♦ 6ubject to necessary alterations, mails will closo at tho Chief Post Office, as under:— THIS DAT (FRIDAY), AUGUST 18. • Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Manawatu, Rangitikei, and Tarauaki districts, per Manawatu train (Tborndon Station), 7.30 a.m. Wanganui, also Manawatu and "Rangitikei districts.' per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 3.16 p.m. Walraraipa district, per Wairarapa train (Larabton Station), $.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Napier and Hawke'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 second Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), 8 p.m. (except Saturdays). Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Kamo, 11 a.m. Picton, Havelock, Blenheim, Frcnch Pass, 'and Nelson, per Pateena, 11.50 a.m. Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Ngatoro, 4 p.m. Nelsou, Reefton, and WestpoTt, per Kaitoa, 4.20 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, also Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Maori, 6.15 p.m. Blenheim, Havelock, and Picton, via | Blenheim, per Wairau, 7.45 p.in. j SATURDAY, AUGUST 19. ■ . j Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, per Talun* at Auckland, nor Main Trunk train, 12.20 p.m. Nelson, French* Pass, Havelock, and Blenheim, per Nikau, 1.20 p.m. Dunedin and Invercargill, per Victoria, j 1.20 p.m. i tioutliern offices of New Zealand, per Wimmera,. 4.20 p.m. Southern offices of 'New Zealand, also Westport, Greymouth. Hokitika, and Reefton, per Mararoa, 6.15 p.m. SUNDAY, AUGUST 20. Australian Slatea and South Africa, per Makura, at Auckland due Sydney August 25), per Main Trunk train, 8 p.m. MONDAY,' AUGUST 21. Paroel mails for United Kingdom *.nd Continent of Ihirope. United Kingdom and Continent of Europe. -THURSDAY, AUGUST 24. Parcel mail for Australian States and th® East, per Manuka, 2.30 p.m. Australian Suites (due Sydney August 28), per Manuka, 3.30. p.m. . Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Set* tleraeuts. Egypt, South Africa, also Continent of Europe and United Kingdom (due London October 11), per 3.30 p.m. (Correspondence for United Kingdom aud Continent of Europe must be specially addressed.) REMINDERS. Letter mails for Expeditionary Forces will close' at Saturday, September 2. at 8 p.m. Newspaper and parcel mails for Expeditionary Formes -will closo ou Monday, An-, gust 21, at. 4 p.m. . Tho next best dispatch for correspondr once addressed to United Kingdom and Continent' of Europe will bo via Vancouver, closing at Wellington, per Main Trunk train, on Monday, 4th September, at 12.20 p.m. Mails for Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji clopo at Auckland, per Talune, on Monday, August 21, at 8.45 a.m. Mails for Australian' States and South Africa/, close at. Auckland, per Makura, on Monday, August 21, at 6.45 p.m. Mails for Australian States closo at Bluff, per Wimmera, on Thursday, August 24, at 4 p.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 possible. Parcels for dispatch by steamers and trains, v/itli the exception of the usual ferry- steamers for southern offices, close at th© Chief Post Office, Wellington, one liour before tho advertised times of closing of mails. Unless otherwise specified, registered letters and parcels-post packages must be handed in and money-orders obtained one hour before tho ordinary mail closes. All books and samplc-pockets and newspapers for places within tho Dominion must bo po6ted half an hour before tho ordinary letter mail"cioscs. Late letters for mails beyond the Dominion cannot in future be posted on the steamer, but must be posted in the latcIcttor posting-box at the Chief Post Office up to the appointed time shown on tho mail notice. The parcel-post mail, per Main Trunk express, closes at the C.P.O. at 11.30 a.m. and for tho south per ferry steamer at 5.45 p.m.Tho advertised time for closing mails by steamers 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 mtist be posted at tho Chief Post Office not later than 8 p.m. on Sunday. The public are earnestly requested to register all letters containing money or valuables intended to be sent by post. , All tho principal mails by train and steamer close at Te Aro and Courtenay Place Post Offices at the same hours as at the Chief Post Office, with the exception that there is no late-fee clearance, and that mails by tho ferry steamers for southern offices close at 5.45 p.m. Mails for Auckland and Auckland district, per second Main Trunk express,.closo at Courtenay Place at 5.45 p.m.! and Te Aro at . 8 p.m. - . . ' . 1 •A. P. DIIYDEN, • Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office.. Wellington, ' August 18, 1916.