MAIL NOTICES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 217, 22 December 1910, Page 7

MAIL NOTICES

f 5 N®W PLYMOUTH. Mails will close (subject to alteration) at the Chief Post Office, New Plymouth, as follows: For Wellington and South,. also lor Auckland and North, daily, per Mall Train, at 6.16 a.m. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22. For South Africa, Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Straits Settlements, Continent of Europe and United Kingdom (due London January 28), at 6.15 a.m. For Auckland and north, per Rosamond, at 12.30 p.m. •For Auckland and north, per Corinna, at 2.30 p.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. For Auckland and North, per Rarawa, at 7 p.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24. For Australian States (due Sydney December 30), at 6.15 a.m. ( For Wellington a*d South, pec Rosamond, at 11 a.m. Note.—The next parcel mail for the United Kingdom closes here on Tuesday, 27th inst., at a p.m. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS. In order to afford facilities for the transmission by telegraph of Christmas and New Year greetings, special printed forms may be obtained at the telegraph office for'use on and between the 20th and 24th, and the 27tli and 31st December. Such telegrams will be delivered at the principal telegraph offices on cards bearing views of New Zealand sceiiefy, etc. At other offices the telegrams will be written on ordinary forms. A uniform charge of sixpence for eaoli such telegram will be made, provided the address and signature do not contain more than eleven words. If, however, the text as printed is varied in any way, or other words added thereto, the telegrain will be treated as an ordinary one and charged for accordingly. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

POSTAL BRAXCII. On Monday, tlio '2ot.li inst. (for Christmas Day) and on Monday, the 2nd prox. (for N<i\v Year's Day), the Post OAp.ce observes a close holiday, and all mails usually despatched on those days will b« closed at G.l's a.m. On Tuesday, the 27th inst. (for Boxing Day), the Post Olliec will open in all branches, except Money Order and Savings Bunk, from !) a.m. till 10 a.m. The usual despatch of mails on this day will be made up to 8 a.m. The travelling post office will run as usual. Sunday hours (0.30 a.m. till 9 p.m.) will be observed in the private box lobby on 20th inst. and 2nd prox. Ordinary hours on 27th inst. On Saturday, 24th and 31st inst. a delivery of town letters will be made over the P.O. counter from 8 p.m. till 9 p.m. TELEGRAPH BRANCH. On Monday, the 2Gth inst. (for Christmas Day) the hours of attendance will be from'9.3o a.m. to 1 ; 0 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Tuesday, 27th inst. (for Boxing Day), and Monday, 2nd prox. (for New Year's Day) the hours of attendance will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. On Monday, the 26th inst. (for Christmas Day), the hours of attendance will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and o p.m. to 0 p.m. On the other holidays the Exchange will be open as usual. On and after Monday, 26th inst., the Vogeltown Post Office receiving box will be deared daily at 4130 a.m., in addition to the present clearance. Correspondence posted in time for the early clearance will reach the Chief Post Office in ■time for the outward mails per morning express. The receiving box at corner Dawson and Bulteel street will in future be cleared at 4.30 a.m. instead of 5 a.m.