ENGLISH MAIL TIME-TABLES

Otago Witness, Issue 2896, 15 September 1909, Page 51

ENGLISH MAIL TIME-TABLES

SEPTEMBER, 1909. OUTWARDS. "

Route. Closes Dunedin. Londoflb Via Suez Thurs., Sept. 2, 10 a.m. Oct 13 *Direct (per Corinthic) Wed., Sept. 8, 6.30 a.m. Oct. 21 Via Suez Thurs., Sept. 9, 10 a.m. Oct. 17 Via San Francisco Thurs., Sept. 16, 10 a.m. Oct. 22 •Via Suez Thurs., S«pt. 16, 10 a.m. Oct. 24 'Direct Paparoa) W«d., Sept. 22, 6.30 a.m. Nov. S Via Suez Thurs.. Sept. 23, 10 a.m. Oct. 29 Via Vancouver Mon., S«pt. 27, 6.30 a.m. Nov. 3 Via Suez Thurs., Sept. 30, 10 a.m. Nov. 7 * Correspondence must be specially ado dressed. Parcels mail closes 7 p.m. previous day. INWABDS, Left Route. Due Dunedin. London. Via San Francisco Fri., Sept 3,9.30 p.m. July 24 Via Suez Hon., Sept. 6, 7.15 p.m. July 39 Direct (ex Arawa) Wed., Sept. 8,9.30 p.m. July 21 Via Su«z Mon., Sept. 13, 7.15 p.m. Aug. C Via Vancouver Tues., Sept. 14, 4.10 p.m. July 31 Via Suez Mon., Sept. 20, 7.16 p.m. Aug. IS Direct (ex Ruapehu) Wed., S«pt. 22, 9.30 p.m. Aug. & Via Suez Mon . Sept. 27, 7.15 p.m. Aug. 20 Via Suez Mon., Oct. 4, 7.15 p.m. Aug. 2* Th» mail despatched Arrived in from Dunedin London on Via Suez on June 21 August 4 Via Suez on July 1 August 8 Via Vancouver on July ff August 0 Via Suez on July 8 August IS Via Suez on July 15 August 21

— King 1 Alionso of Spain has ft tnviquft. museum, consisting of a collection, of articles, by which Lie life has .been eadanger*ct.l Amongst them is to be found the efcin of a horse which was killed 1 by a bomb flung ait his Majesty, — The world's largest farm is in Mexico^ It uneasuree from north to south 150 vaileaw and from, e&sfc to vest 200 miles, «ad dm an area of 8,000,000 acres in all. On k| prairies and mountains roam 1,000,000 head of cattle, 700.000 sheep, and 100,000 horses. — Owing to the competition of electriq tramways and motor omnibuses, the Great Eastern Railway Company's suburban traffic has fallen off at the enormous rate of 1 25 million passengers yearly.