MAIL SERVICES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 236, 24 December 1927, Page 2

MAIL SERVICES

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1927, Wellington. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Hastings and Napier (letter, only), 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (si*, Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay letter! 5.30 p.m. MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 192?. Wellington. Wanganui, Palmerston North, Hastings and Napier (letter, only), 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (afc, Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay left err, 5.30 p.m. Christmas and New Year Holidays, 1927-28 POSTAL BRANCH Saturday, December 24 and 3L~Ar over-counter delivery of town letter; (registered as well as ordinary) w2 be made from the Postmen’s Branch first floor, between 7 and 8 pm. 0t both days a special clearance of aT street “receivers” will be made at 6 p.m.; the midnight clearances wil not be made. On December 24 a morning and an afternoon delivery will be made by postmen. Sunday. December 25 (Christmas Day). —Mails for Southern Offices will close at 5 p.m. and 5.30 p.m., respectively. The midnight clearance of street “receivers” will not be made.

Monday, December 26 (for Christmas Day) and January 2 (for New Years Day), and Tuesday, December 27 (for Boxing Day).—Will be observed as close holidays. A midnight clearance of street “receivers” will be made. On the 26th instant, mails for Southern Offices will close at 5 pjn. and 5.30 p.m. respectively. There will be no delivery by postmen. Tuesday, December 27 (for Boxing Day) and Monday, January 2 (for New Year’s Day).—All mails will close at 4 a.m., with the exceptior that those for Southern Offices wiL close at 5 p.m. and 5.30 pm. respectively. Only parcels on which the “Express Transit” fee has been pax will be dispatched. There will be a delivery by postmen. Sunday, January I.—Mails for Southerr Offices will close at 5 p.m. and 5.3( p.m. respectively. A midnight clearance of all street "receivers” will be made as usuaL Late fee letters for Southern Office; may be posted in the box at tb* entrance to the Railway Station platform, up to 10 minutes before th* advertised times of departure of th« expresses.

TELEGRAPH BRANCH Sunday', December 25.—10 am. to 1(U( a.m. and 5 pan. to 5.30 pm. Monday, December 26. —10 a.m. to 10. X a.m. and 7 p.m. to 10.0 p.m. Tuesday, December 27.—9 am. to !! p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. Saturday, December 31.—8 am. to P p.m. Monday, January 2.—9 a.m., to 12 noon and 7 p.m. to midnight. OUTGOING OVERSEAS MAILS Norfolk Island, per Hinemoa, "Wednesday. December 2S. at 1 p.m. Parcels at 11 a.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India. Chin?, Japan, Straits Settlements and Soot; Africa, per Ulmaroa, Friday, December 30. at 9 a.m. Parcels, December 29, at 3 p.m. Great Britain. Ireland and Continent of Europe, Pitcairn Island, Centra America, Cristobal (Panama per lonic. Thursday,* December 29, Jit 7 p.m. Correspondence for Gr*d Britain, Ireland and Continent » Europe must be specially addres»» “per lonic.” Parcels at 3 p.m. Fiji, Tonga, Apia and Pago Fago, per Tofua, Saturday, December IU *~ 9 a.m. Parcels, December 30, at * PTTI - Vrvrth Cook Islands. Tahiti, Canada, America, West Indies, Great Brit* Ireland and Continent of E ur ?P®’ San Francisco (to connect with ' hiti at Wellington), Monday, 2, at 9 a.m. Due London February Parcels for Cook Islands, Tahiti America, December 31, at 11 a-®* INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS S.S. Ulimaroa, due Auckland Decant* 27 (Australian mail). - R.M.S. Naigara. due Auckland Jan™’ 2, 192& (English and American ma"WM. J. GOW. Chief Postmaster-