POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2142, 18 March 1870, Page 2

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

MAILS CLOSE — ForTimaru, Akaroa, Lyttelton, Christchnrch, Hokitika, and Greymouth, per s.s. Beautiful Star, on Saturday, the 19th inst., at 4.30 p.m. For Oamaru, per p.s. Wallace, on Tuesday, the 22nd inst., at 8.45 a.m. For registered letters, money orders, and newspapers, one hour previous. Per 8.8. Tararua, on Tuesday, the 22nd inst.: — For India, China, Japan, Penang, Singapore, Point de Galle, Aden, Mauritius, the British, French, and Austrian Post-offices at Alexandria, Malta, Gibraltar, Marseilles; and the Travelling P.O. from Marseilles to Lyons, at 12 noon. For tho Australian Colonics (except Melbourne) and London via Southampton, at 1 p.m. For London i-in Marseilles, and London via Brindisi, Victoria, and Southland, at 1.30 p.m. For issue of money orders at 10 a.m. For registered letters and newspapers at 11 a.m. Late letters for London via Marseilles, and Melbourne may be posted till 1.40 p.m, with late fees additional to the postage as under London via Marseilles, lOd per letter; Melbourne, 6d per letter. N.B.—Correspondence intended for transmission by the above routes should be addressed “ via Suez.” N.B.—Mails for tho United Kingdom, the Continent of Europe, tho West Indies and America via San Franqjsco, will leave Port Chalmers about the 25th inst. The rates o( postage for tho United Kingdom will he the same as those via Suez and Southampton. ■ In future, all correspondence not specially addressed will be sent via San Francisco. ARCH. BARK, Chief Postmaster, Chief Post Office, Dunedin, March 18. 1870.