MAIL NOTICES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 169, 23 December 1914, Page 2

MAIL NOTICES.

Subject to necessary alterations, mails will cloSe at the chief Post Office as under: — WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23. For Australian States, South Africa, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, East Indias, i Straits Settlements, Eastern and Mediterranean ports, United Kirigdom, and Continent of Europe, .it 12.20 pan (Correspondence lor ; United Kingdom and Continent of Europe must be specially addressed "via Suez.") Due London January 211. (Money Orders close 11. a.m.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20. For Australian States, South Africa, China, and Straits Settlements, ria Auckland, at C.15 a.m. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. For United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, West Indies, Central America, British, French and Dutch Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, U.S. Columbia, United States of America and Canada, via Vancouver; also Honolulu, Japan, and Fiji, at (l.lv a.m. Due London January 28. For Tonga and Samoa, via Auckland, at 0.15 am. For Wellington and South, daily, nt G.U a.m. and 12.20 p.m. For Auckland ami North, per steamer. Tuesday and Wednesday, at J p.m., daily, per train, at G. 15 a.m. For Wanganui and intermediate offices, daily, at (1.15 a.m., 12.20 and 3.55 p.m. The times for closing mails for places beyond the Dominion are liable to alteration (earlier or later). Unless otherwise specified, money-or-ders, registered letters, and parcel post parcels, close one hour before the ordinary mail. C. H. BURTON, Chief Postmaster. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. POST ANT) TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. lostal Branch. —Friday, December "in, and January 1 (Christmas Day and. Sew Year's Day), will be observed as close holidays. On Saturday, December 20 (Boxing Day), tlie Post Olliee will be open in ail branches, except Money-Order and Saving.; Bank, from !) a.m. to 10 a.m. Telegraph Olliee.—The Telegraph Oiiic! will be open on Friday, the 25th inst. (Christmas Day), from 0.31) a.m. to 10 a.m., and from 5 to 5.00 p.m. On Saturday (Boxing Day and Friday New Year's Day), the hours will be from !) a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to S p.m. Telephone. Exchange.—The Telephone Exchange, will remain open eontinuously. Private-Box Lobby.—Sunday hours will be observed on December 25th and January Ist; usual hours on December 211." Maiis.--Mails usually despatched on Friday will be closed on Tliursiliy nights, the 21th and 31st inst., atS p.m. On the 2iith inst (Boxmg Day), the usual despatch of mails up tn S a.m.. will lie made, the receivers and positing boxes will be cleared accordingly. The Travelling l'ost Olliee will run as usual. ''ounter Delivery.—Deliveries of town letters (ordinary anil registered), v. ill bo made on the Thursday nights, 2-ith and 31st inst., from 8 to One