MAIL NOTICES

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 25, 24 October 1921, Page 8

MAIL NOTICES

Subject to necessary alterations, matte . will close at the Chief Post Office no under:— THIS DAY (MONDAY). Picton, Blenheim, Havelock, and Nelson, mails and express transit-paid parcels for Hceftou and Westport, per Mapourika, 11 a.m. Havelock, Wakatahuri, Bulwer, Pohuenul, Elaine Bay, Homewood. Mauaroa, Mahau, Tira-ora, Nydia Bay, Maori Bay, Okoha. Te Rawa, Grail Bay; also private bags for Brightlands, Hikoekoea. Hopr.i, Port Ligar, To Puru. per Kaitoa, 4 p.m Nelson; aloe mails and express transitpaid parcels for Reefton and Westport, per Kaitoa. 5 p m. Southern offices of New Zealand; also mails and express transit-paid parcels for Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Beef- , ton, per Waliine,’6 p.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25. Parcel mail for Australian States ami the East, per Maheno, 3 p.m. Nelson, French Pass, and Havelock, per Nikau, 4 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, also mails and express transit-paid parcels »>r Greymouth and Hokitika, per Mararoa, 6 P m. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26. Australian States, Ceylon, India. China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Egypt, and South Africa, also Honolulu and Pago Pago, per Maheno, 9.30 a.m. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 1. Parcel mail for America, Rarotonga, and. Tahiti, 10 a.m.. United States of America, Canada. Oentral America, Mexico. West. Indies, United States of Columbia, Ecuador. Venezuela, British. French, and Dutch Guiana, via Sun Francisco; also Unnea. Kingdom and Continent of Europe, per Manama, 1 p.m. Cook Islands (including Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Matike, Atiu, Manihllu, and Pcnrhyn). also Tahiti, per Manama, 1 p.m Money-orders must bo obtained by 11 am. MAILS CLOSE DAILY. Mails for southern offices, per ferry steamer, close daily at 6 p.m. Wanganui and liangitikei district. 7.30 a.m., 11.20 am. daily, 6.45 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. New Plymouth and Taranaki district. 7130 am., 11.20 a.m. Manawatu district, 7.30 a.m and 4 p.m,< late fee 3.15 p.m. Wairarapa district, o a.m., 6 a.m., d. 16 p m. Napier and Hawke’s Bay district, am.. 11.20 a.m. daily, 6.45 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Auckland and district, 11.20 a.m. dai y: late fee C.P.O 11.35 a.m., railway station 12 40 pm. and at 6.45 pm. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; late fee 7 p.m. Parcel mails for Auckland and district, 3 p.m. daily. OUTGOING OVERSEA MAILS. Mails for Chatham Islands, per Rama, close at Wellington on Tuesday, November 1. at 11 a.m. ' Mails for United Kingdom and Continent 'of Europe (specially addressed correspondence only), also Pitcairn Island and Cristobal (Panama Canal), close at Wellington, per Essex, on Wednesday, November 2, at 4 p.m.; also, per Remuera. closing at Wellington on Thursday, November 10. at 10 a.m. Mails which left New Zealand on August 31. per R.M.S. Manama, via San Francisco arrived at London on October 7; also left Auckland on September 18, per R.M.S Makura, via Vancouver, arrived at London on October 17. INCOMING OVERSEA MAILS. (Arrival dates approximate only.) S.S. Waiotapu left San Francisco Oct. 9 for Auckland; due about Nov. 3. She carries 14 bags mail and 368 pareelreceptacles for New Zealand. RMS. Makura left Vancouver on October 8 for Auckland; due October 29 She carries 1505 bags mail for New Zealand S 8 Westmeath left London on October 4; due Auckland about- November 25. She carries mail for New Zealand. 11. D. GROCOTT. Chief Postmaster. Chief .-Post Office, Wellington, ' October 1921. A comprehensive report has been io-' sued by the Board of Trade dealing with the manufacture of meat flour, a new industry based on the invention of Mr. 1 W. I?. Remus, an Auckland farmer, and taken up by a company. The company’s works are at Rangataua. The report states that just’ as it is possible io manufacture dried milk or milk powder from whole milk or skim milk, so also is it possible to make dried meat-flour from fresh meat. Meat-flour is defined, as the lcan~nieat of sheep and cattle reduced- by 'special process to a fine meal or flour. The promoters have not asked for .Government asistance, but represen--I>t“d to the Department of Industries and ’Commerce that when the financial position improves they- intend to estate Tish a new and useful industry, lhe Department of Industries -and Commerce. The report states, is much impressed by the prospects of this new mdU ’M t e7si’s Abraham and Williams. Ltd., held their annual cattle fair at X O, ;^Vrd da^idh^ s a Sered y %O " r n S atte\da d nce? n buyer S being rresent from d^s' C soid at’better prices ™ and forward j £6 12s 6d ; good Vd.f 2-yeal' 28-month r6 ’ 6 f 0 to £2 151 ; yearling S C ° ss. e 2 d 9s. w’.: yearling heifers to Ste ; 29-month do., to 271 k- Cd te s dal { sorts, to £2 15s : store 20s„ 23s . fat a T d e r New r Zon!and t and Mercantile /tgcncv Co.. Ltd . report for tho end•is —Fat. ewes and wethers. 13s. 3a.; vein-line steers. 165.; Jersey ycailiUg fort: r r >- vearlimr licit cis, loa.s c . nJrefofd’ steers, 275,; . ? -hyear Boh em steers 325. 6d.; springing heifers —ia welD '£B 10s to £ l2 10s ’• ro ."/’ £S His £lO. £lO 10s- -'■ t Roncotea 'wo imd a fair yarding C-attlc sold on a par with recent sales. fh<re jm » good demand for p:gs, of ‘-n-Arv entry came forward. Quotations. Rany £lo’. three-quarter dairy row-,. £7 10s.; springing heifers. --8 fat £5 165.; forward cows, £2 store c ou.. 18c 25s • cows with calves. 535. 6d , W month Jersey heifers, good f 7 n<. 6<l. io £9; good 20-month Jersey bulls. £lO. n XVn'iners 9s to 205.; porkers, 375., £4. Ils I slip’e, 235. io 28s. At Feilding, on Friday, only a small entry was yaided. There good inquiry for shorn 2-tooilw. others classes at late , rat 16s 6d ■ 100 per cent b.f. lambs, good. 16s. ea.. fat ewes 13s. 10d.; 20-month emp.j heifers. £2 45.; yearling heifers, oos. to mss., 2-j-car heifers, £3; dairy cows, £lO to Dalgcty and Company Limited. Palmerston North, report ns their Feilding sole on Friday :-A small yarding of both sheep and cattle camo forward and wo disposed of the whole ot our entry under the hammer Prices on the whole were a little easier for all classes of stock, with the exception cl dairy heifers at drop, which sold well. Quotations:— Sheep: Fat hoggets in wool. Ils. 7d.; fat ewes, shorn 10s. to l.s : fat wethers, shorn, 10s. 6d. to 13s. 6it.. 2 and 4-tooth wethers, in wool. 12s. M.; mixed 2-tootlis, 7s. Id., 9s. Id to 9s. 3d ; mixed hoggets, 9s. 3d. to 10s. jd Cattle: Yearling P.A. steers. 255.; P.A. cows, r.w bull, 365.; springing heifers. £7 10s ; fat heifers. £4 35.; fat cows, £4 12s. s<i. to £6 10s. For Children’s Hooking Cough. 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