Mail Notices.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 57, 11 March 1904, Page 4

Mail Notices.

Mails will close, at the Chief Post (Mice, Devon Street, as follows : For Wellington and South, daily, per Express, at G. 30 a.m. Late lee (mail van) at 7.25 a.u), FlillUY, MARCH 11. For Australian States, etc., at 0.30 a.m., duo Sydney March LG. For. South Africa, per Nineveh,from Melbourne, at 0,30 a.m., due Durban April 10. For Auckland and North per Itarawa at 7 p.m. SATUUUY, MARCH 12. For Australian States, etc., at 7 p.m., due Sydney, .March l'J. For India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Ceylon, Continent of Europe and United Kingdom via Suez (for correspondence specially addressed only) at 7 p.m., due London April 21. For Auckland and North per ]{otoiti at 7 p.m. Moils for L'niied States of America Canada, West Indies, Central America, West Coast of South America, Continent of Europe and the Vhi ted Kingdom, via San Francisco, also Samoa and Hawaiian Islands cioso at Auckland on March 18 next, duo London April 10. Parcel mail for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe per Jonic closes at Wellington March 31, due London May 15. NOTE.—Letters for United States of America should be prepaid 2Jd per half ounce. NOTICE. Heme notifies that private telegrams originating in Japan, Formosa, Japanese stations in Fusan, Seoul and Chemulph must be written in clear language in either Japanese, English or French. I'rivate telegi uin.s from Korean stations for Japanese ollicers in Korea, and for other countries, which pass over Japanese, lines, are accepted wluen written in plain language in Japanese, English, or French. Private telegrams in secret language, emanating from Tokio, Yokohama, and Kobe, are admitted on production of code, accompanied by on explanatory note, written in Japanese, Kn neb or English. All telegrams passing over Japanese lines in Julian or Korea aiv accepted at the senth-r's risk. SI'ECIAL WoTE. On and from Maim 1, 190-1, (lie postage on newspapers to and from the United Kingdom will be reduced to one penny per paper, irrespective of weight, subject to these conditions :—All newspapers exceeding 8 ozs in weight prepaid one penny are to be forwarded by direct steamer only. Newspapers not exceeding Soz prepaid nt the penny rate muy be forwarded by the San Francisco or Federal mail service, or direct, etc. Newspapers exceeding Boz, if prepaid' at existing rates, i.e., n penny for the first four ounces and id for each succeeding 2 ounces, may be sent by the San Francisco uml Federal mail lines. Wholly unpaid papers are to bo detained and advertised us in the caso of printed papers. When more than one newspaper is enclosed in the same bundle the postage on each newspaper must be afllxed in stamps, otherwise the parcel will be surcharged at printed paper rales and scut cm by direct steamer.