TELEGRAPH NOTICE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1952, 7 April 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPH NOTICE.

The Stpamer Otago is expected to leave ITokitika at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the 81 h in tant. Teleg-ams for the Austra ian Colonies or Europe (via Java Cable) will be rP''eiTed at this fffice for transmission to Melbourne up till 9 a.m. of the Bth ir»Bt. Telegrams for any place in Vic'oria, South Ausirulia, New South Wales, and Queensland, will be received at this office for transmission to the and will

there be posted tie an ordinary letter free of postage, to the address given in the message, or will he forwarded to the nearest Telegraph Station in — ■ and telegraphed to its destination ; the Australian rafe» being collected from the receiver. The lender will note in the instructions on the message how tre withes his message dealt jrjth—whether to be posted as a letter at the final port of departure in New Zealand or to be forwarded from there to the Telegraph Station at the port where the Bteamer i$ bound to, und to be telegraphed from then' c to its final destination. In the firtt-caße, be will write in instructions, if to be treated as a letter, " To be posted j" in the latter, if to be telegraphed on arrival in Australia, he will state in instructions " To be telegraphed." In the case of Telegrams for Tasmania and Western Australia, the same can only be treated as letters, and posted as such from the final port of departure in New Zealand. TtJegrams for Europe per Java Cable will be dealt with as hitherto, the full rates being prepaid by the sender* ; John Bull, Officer in Charge. Telegraph Office, April 7th, 1875.