MAIL NOTICES.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2133, 24 December 1880, Page 2

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office for the following places (subject to the necessary alteralions) as under FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at 7.30 p.m. ; guard’s van, 8.30 p.m. train. A supplementary mail per Penguin for late foe letters only will be closed on Saturday, 25th December (Christmas Day), at 7.30 p m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28. For Otago and Australian Colonies, via the Bluff, per Ringarooma, at 1.40 p.m.; late fee letters at 2 p.m.; guard’s van, 2.30 p.m. train. For Northern Ports, per Hawoa, at 1.40 p.m. ; late fee letters, at 2 p.m.; guard’s van, 2.30 p.m. train. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31. For the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, West Indies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Ports of New Zealand, &c., per Wanaka, as follows—Money orders and registered letters, at 5 p.m.; books and newspapers, at 9 p.m.; ordinary letters at 10 p.m. A supplementary mail will be closed at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Ist January, 1881. Late fee letters may be posted in the guard’s van attached to the 8.30 p.m. train on Saturday, Ist January. On Saturday, December 25th (Christmas Day), all branches of the Post Office will be closed. On Saturday, Ist January (New Year’s Day), all branches of the Post Office will be closed. The Sydenham Post Office is now open. Letters for Christchurch, Sydenham, and the suburban letter carriers’ deliveries are charged at town rate of postage—that is, one penny the half ounce. Residents in Sydenham are requested to get their letters addressed to the Borough. There is a serious delay in delivering correspondence meant for Sydenham if addressed to Christchurch. SYDNEY J. DICK. Chief Postmaster-

Kaxapoi WEanarAN Church:. —Mr X. G-. Smith, for some time organist at this church, has resigned, and Mr B. Blakeley has been appointed. This gentleman brings first-class credentials from England, and is spoken of as a very talented musician. British Isbabi, Association. —A general meeting was held last night at the Good Templar Sail; Mr T. S. JLambert in the chair. After disposing of some business matters the meeting discussed the subject for the evening, “ When did Israel’s captivity take place."