THE MAILS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8011, 23 December 1905, Page 4

THE MAILS.

K,:' MONDAY. DECEMBER 25. p* For Auckland and North per Kail;l " nn at 6 a.m. |- . TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26. I For Auckland and North per Botoiti f at 8 a.m. I WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27. t j For Auckland and North per Ba- > rawa, at 7 y.m. For Fiji, Canada, United States of Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, m Vancouver, connecting with Vancouver steamer Ic.it. jug Fiji (for correspondence specially addressed only). Mail due ill London January 31st.

*' THCK6DAY, DECEMBER 28. Fo* Wellington and South per Hotoiti, at 10.80 a.m. Parcel mail for Continent of Enrope and United Kingdom per Niwsirufrom Wellington, at 5 p.m. Due Loudon ■' February lilth. For Auckland and North per Tnkspona, at 7 p.m. For Samoa, Sandwich Islands, -laran, Phtllipine Islands, United States of America, Canal!, West Coast of South Anenca, West Indies, United ' Kingdom and Continent of Enrope, via San Francisco, at 7 p.m. Money or-, ders close at 4 p.m., and registered letters at 5 p.m. Letter box cleared for late letters at 7.30 p.m. Mail due in ' London January 27th. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29. For Auckland and North per Rara- .. wa, at 1 p.m. For Aattralian States at 6.15 a.m. Due Sydney January 3. For Ceylon, India, China, Straits Settlement, Mauritius and Mediterranean Ports, at 6.15 a.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30. 6 For Auckland and North per Takapuna at 7 p.m. For Australian States at 7 p.m., due Sydney about January oth. For South Africa per Wakool from Melbourne at 7 p.m., due Durban about February 4th.

Mail* for Chatham Islands per To- • roa close at Lyttelton on January lOtli 8 p.m. Mails for (Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, ptr Manapouri, close at Auckland on January 10th at 10.15 a.m. Mails for Rarat?nga and Tahiti and also Penrhyn Islands, per Taviuni, close at Auckland on January 23rd at 3.43 p.m.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. rE following arrangements will be observed for Ihe Christ inns and New Year holiday* ; postal beaxch. Mails usually despatehed on Mondays will be rioted at N p.m. on Saturday nights, tin* 2!) rd and 3*Mh iust.. and supplementary ninil* nwleupon the Monday mornings. On the -'itJi inst. the u»ua 1 despatch of mails will be made up to 8 a.m. A special delivery of correspou«leneT will be made over the public counter between 8.30 p.m. and !».:*> p.m. on the evening* of the 23rd and 30th inst. Ob tlitr *iHth inst. one eomplete delirery by letter-carrier will be made at 8 ajn.

Mondays, the 2oth Bee. nnd Ist Jan. (Christmas Day awl New Year's D>J) will be observed us close holiday*;. Tnesdav, the 26th inst. (Boxing Day) the Post Office will be open in ill branohes, except Money Order and Savings Bank, from 9 a.m. to I<> a.m.

The private box lobby will bo open from 0.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the 25tli inst. and Int. prox. Usual hours ou the 26tli inst. ' The Kailway Travelling Post Office will run as usual.

TELEOBIFH B«iXCH. On Monday (Ckriktma* Day) .Sunday hours will be observed, viz.. !>.3il a.m. to 10 a-m. and 5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. On Tuesday (Boxing Day) ami Monday (New Year's Day) the Telegraph Offiee will lie open from 9 a.m. ' to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. The Telephone Exchange will be open between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Christmas Day, and open as iuu.il on Boxing Day and New Year's Day. On Boxing Day the Opunale conch will leave the^ Chief Post Office, New Plymouth, at 6 a.m. instead of 9.30 ajn. Mails for offices on the Opunake coach line will close at 5.30 a.m. on the 28th iast. F. D. HOLDSWORTH, Chief Postmaster.