POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 189, 11 August 1874, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

0 MAIL CLOSES. Tuesday, August 11. For Motueka and Golden Bay — per p.s. Lady Barkly,* at 4 p.m. .Fp^-New Plymouth, and Auckland— per ' 7 B ;fc ladybird, at 7 p.m. '.-■a -X Thursday, August 13. "For Picton, Wellington, Napier, and Southern Province-— per s.s. Taranaki, at 9a m. For Havelock — per Overland Carrier, at , ? P- °V For Wanganni— per p.s. Charles Edivard, at 5 p.m. For Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika— j >'.*■• pe* 8.8. Kennedy, at 5 p.m. :•; b'.-i :.-. Moot at, August 24. 'Thenext mail for tbe United Kingdom, via Suez •j-.-Tandißrindfei (if specially addressed letters), 3 4 J lndia:; khiba, and the East, Mauritius, Cape '-•r~ of Good Ho**, Aden, Efcypt, Malta, Gibraltar, the Continent of Europe, via Trieste and BrindUi, will leave Nelson about the abovedaU?. Mails will be due in London :oa October 36th and November 2nd. WZDHESDAT, Au^UBC 26. "TdE^:flextn?ail.for_the United Kingdom via San Francisco will leave Nelßon — per n: , contract ateamer Murray, about the above : date, .. .., ■ Mails^will be due in London on the 16th of i, , October. . fc'aoivr;: .7 SYDNEY J. DICK, _iU ;:s ■;• i. Chief Postmaster.

Hospital Sunday is fixed for Feptember 271 Margaret Hearly, a domestic servant, has been committed for trial for infanticide at East Melbourne. The Tartar sailed from San Francisco on the 28th Jnly. .Everest, branch iranager of the Bank of Viotoria, is committed for t-ial ior forgery. The Government have decided to place a warning light on the southern side of King's Island. The valuable greyhound Cock Robin, fm ported per Great Britain, injured himself so seriously yesterday that he is likely to die. Mr 8. IL Cohen has been appointed official assignee for the Melbourne district. Stdnev, August I. Great complaints are made regarding the Californian mail arrargements The deck house of a vessel cf 500 tons has been found at Port Stephens. The Tartar's mails reached California on the 22nd instant. The contract for tbe extension of the railway to Orange has been let at £3,600 a mile. The Bishop of Sydney opposes the secular elucbtion movement. Madame Goddard has arrived here. Adelaide, August 1. 68,000 tons of breadstuffs were exported during the year. The revenue for the last quarter was *.34.000, and the expenditure £231,000. The population of the colony is 202,185. Hob-Rton. August 1. Ihe 1 remier's budget shows a surplus, and no fresh taxation is proposed. Tbe Government will undertake extensive works outside the railway districts to re'»*eve the local bodies. SHIPPING. Melbourne.— -Arrived • Rose M. from Wangaroa, Tasso from Wangaroa, Derwent from Kaipara, Annie Leslie Irom Wangaroa, Kohiooor from Kaipara, J. N Fleming from Dunedin, Sea Bird from Hokitika. S*dnb v.— Arrived : John Knox from Lyttelton, Amateur from Timaru. Newcastle— Arrived : Gyrene, Edward Bassett, and Little Pet, from Lyttelton, Glimpse from Auckland, Eastby from Dunedin. railed: Queensland for Lyttelton, Wi ham Condoll for Dunedin ; Hevenham, Auairalind, and Malay for Wellington; Woodbine and Ardwell for Auckland; Mo** for Tin-aru; Aurora, Edwin Rasaett, Speedwell, Dorette, Australian Sovereign, and Emperor lor Ljtielton. A dblaide.— Arrived : Christiana from New Zealand. Sailed .- Annie Brown for New Zealand, Thames for Auckland. COMMERCIAL, Business is dull. Large parcels of new teas have been sold at lljd to Is 3d for Congos, and fine teas up to 2s 3d; brandies are receding in value; oats neglected at 5s to 5s 3d lor milling; wheat, 6s 3d to 6s 4d for prime samples; kerosine sold up to Is sd : malt. lis. ■ '