MAIL NOTICES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 155, 29 December 1911, Page 2

MAIL NOTICES

NEW PLYMOUTH. Mails will close (subject to alteration) at the Chief Post Office, New Plymouth, as follows: For Wellington and South, also Auckland and North, daily, per mail train, at 6.15 a.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29. For Tasmania, via Bluff, at 6.15 a.m. For Auckland and North, per Rarawa, at 7 p.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30. For Australian States, via Auckland, at 0.15 a.m; MONDAY, JANUARY 1. For Fiji, Friendly Islands and Samoa, per Atua, from Auckland, at Cl 5 a.m. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. POSTAL BRANCH. Mondays, the 25th December and Ist January (Christmas and New Year's Day) are to be observed as close holidays. TELEGRAPH OFFICE. The Telegraph Office will open on Monday, 25th inst. (Christmas Day) from 9.30 to 10 a.m. and from 5 to 5.30 p.m. On Tuesday (Boxing Day) and Monday (New Year's Day) the hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.-The Telephone Exchange will remain open continuously. PRIVATE BOX LOBBY. Sunday hours will be observed on J)ecember 25 and January 1; usual hours on December 20. MAILS.—The usual despatch of all mails will be made up to 6.a.m. on each of the holidays, and receivers, and posting boxes will be cleared accordingly. TRAVELLING POST OFFICE will run as usual. COUNTER DELIVERIES of town letters (ordinary and registered) will be made on Saturday evenings,'! 23rd and 30th inst., from 8 to ? p.m., SPECIAL FORM OF TELEGRAPH MESSAGE. in order to afford facilities for the transmission by telegraph of Christmas and New Year greetings, special printed forms containing the message, "Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year," may be obtained at the Telegraph Office for use on and between the 19th and 23rd, and the 20th and 30th December. A uniform charge of Sixpence fqr each 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 telegram will be treated as an ordinary one and charged for accordingly. A. P. DRYDEN, Chief Postmaster.