POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 132, 4 June 1872, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

MAILS close. For Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika— per p.s. Charles Edward, to-morrow, at 8 a.m. For New Plymouth and Auckland — per s.s. Wellington, to-morrow, at 5 p.m. For Havelock, Picton, and Blenheim— per Overland Carrier, to-morrow, Wednesday, at 4.30 p.m. For Picton, Wellington, Napier, and Southern Provinces of New Zealand — per B.s. Phoebe, on Thursday, at 8 p.m. Letters for Australia, the United Kingdom via Suez and Brindisi India, China, the East, ahd the Continent of Europe, will, if specially addressed, be sent forward by Phoebe, in the hope of overtaking the Rangitoto. For the United Kingdom, the Continent of Europe, Honolulu, America, &c. — per contract steamer Taranaki, on Monday, June 10. Mails are due in London on July 27. For New Plymouth, Auckland, and Fiji— per s.s. Taranaki, on Monday June 10. For Tadmor and Wangapeka — Close every Tuesday at 2.30 p.m., and arrive every Friday, at 11 a.m. For Wakapuaka — Close every Wednesday and Saturday, at 2.30 p.m.; arrive every Wednesday and Saturday, at 11 a.m. SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.

Nearly all New York gentlemen have their overcoats made with a pocket on one side, lined with flannel or fur, in which a lady may slip her hand when walking on a cold winter's evening. A Gentleman called on a rich miser, and found him endeavoring to catch a fly. Presently he succeeded in entrapping one, which he immediately put into the sugarhowl, and shut down the cover. The gentleman asked for an explanation of this singular sport. "I'll tell you," replied the miser, a triumphant grin overspreading his countenance as he spoke; "I want to ascertain if the servants steal the BUgar." The Yankee, it is said, will speculate in anything by which a penny can be turned. The following is attributed to a a Pennßylvanian on a visit to England : — " Wall, stranger," he is reported to have said, U I guess that your English juries ain't smart nohow. If an American jury had tried the Tichborne case, now, I'll tell you what they'd have done. They'd just have bought up all the Tichborne bonds, and then found a verdict for the plaintiff."