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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 926, 20 March 1930, Page 2

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I - ■ THIS DAY Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Hastings, Napier and Cambridge (letters only), 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (also Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay), 5.30 p.m. OUTGOING OVERSEAS MAILS Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe, all South American States, via Montevideo, per Main Trunk (Port Brisbane, from Lyttelton), Thursday, March 30, at 5 p.m. Correspondence for Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe, must be specially addressed “per Port Brisbane.’’ Parcels, at ]1 a.m., Wednesday, March 19. Due London about April 30. NOTE.—The best dispatch to Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe, closes at Auckland, Monday, March 24, per R.M.S. Makura, via San Francisco. Due London, April 22. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China. Japan, Straits Settlements, South Africa and Egypt, per Ulimaroa, Friday, March 21, at 1 p.m Parcels at 11 a.m. Victoria, Western and South Australia, and Tasmania, also parcel mails for South Africa, Egypt, India and Ceylon, per Main Trunk (Maheno, from Wellington, via Bluff), Friday, March 21, at 5 p.m. Parcels at 11 a.m. Fiji, Tonga, Apia. Pago i*ago, per Tofua, ! Saturday, March 22. at 9 a.m. Parceis at 3 p.m. Friday, March 21. ! Cook Islands, Tahiti, Canada, North i America, West Indies, Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco (to connect with Makura at Wellington), Monday, March 24, at 5.30 p.m. Due London April 22. Parcels for Cook Islands, Tahiti and America. Saturday. March 22. at 11 a.m. Australian States, Straits Settlements, China, Japan, South Africa, per Niagara, Tuesday, March 25, at 3 p.m. Parcels at 11 a.m. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS March 24: R.M.S. Niagara, from Vancouver (English and American mail). March 23: R.M.S. Makura, from Sydney, via Wellington (Australian letter mail). March 25: S.S. Maunganui, from Sydney (Australian mail). FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930 Wanganui. Palmerston North, Wellington, etc., 4 a.m. Whangarei Dargaville. etc.. 6.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. McGill and Stanley P. 8.. Shakespeai P. 8., O’Connor P. 8., and Sheffield P.B. I 4 a.m. Paeroa and Ngatea (letters only), 2 p.m. Thames and Waitakaruru (letters only), 2.30 p.m. I Mahurangi and Shore P. 8., 2.30 p.m. Chamberlin r. 8., 2.30 p.m. ! Coromandel, Whitianga, W’henuakite Pakatoa, Colville and Amodeo Bay j etc., 3 p.m. i Kawau. 3.30 p.m. Surfdale, etc., 3.30 p.m. Putiki and Onetangi. 3.30 p.m. Wellington. Wanganui, New Plymouth Palmerston North, Hastings, Napiei and Cambridge ("letters only), 5 p.m. Southern Offices or New Zealand ia!»c Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay). 5.30 p.m J. .7. KEARNEY, Acting-Chief Postmaster.

ORONTES AT FREMANTLE.-Thl Orient liner Orontes arlved at Frcmantlt from London yesterday. After calling at Adelaide and Melbourne, the vessel is scheduled to reach Sydney next Thursday. TOFUA SAILS SATURDAY. The Union Company's Island passenger steamer Tofua, at present berthed at Prince's Wharf, is announced to sail at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, taking passengers, mails and cargo. OVERHAUL OF SOUTHERN CROSS. —Owing to delay' in repairs and overhaul during her annual survey, the Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross is now expected to start bunkering on Monday next, preparatory to her trip to the Melanesian Islands on April 8. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland City of Lincoln, Kaimiro. Largo Law, Matakana, Maui Pomare. Moeraki, Port Hunter, zsinnington Court, Sonoma, Tutanekni. Zealandic. Chatham Islands Kosmos, Cumberland, Rotorua, Westmoor. , Wellington—Maori, Wahine, Taniahim. Arahura, Niagara, Aorangi, Laburnum, Poolta, Benvenue Mamillus, Middlesex. Otaki, Port Victor, Raranga, Somerset, ! C. A. Larsen, Maheno, Hertford. Awarua—Southern Cross, Sir J. «'. B':' ■ Makura, Tahiti, Waihemo, Canadian Explorer, Valacia. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY ARAPAWA (4.20 p.m.), 291 tons, Pert, for Wanganui. ARAPAWA left yesterday afternoon for Wanganui and Westport. HAUTURU was to leave for Ilokianga at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ITOKIANtyv sails at 3 p.m. today for Hokianga and is due back on Monday. NGAPUHI is to leave Onehunga for New Plymouth at 4 p.m. today.