TELEGRAPH NOTICE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 9 April 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPH NOTICE.

The Steamer Otago is expected to leave. 1 Hokitika at; 9 a.m. on : SBturdsy; the lOlh infant. Telegrams for the Austra ianColonie* or Europe (via Jara Cable) wilt be rirei^ed at this office for transmission to Melbourne up till 5 p.m. of the 9thi«st. •, Tetegromn for any phica in Yic'oria, South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland, will be received at this office for ? iTßiißmiseiph to the ■ • : '"• '- '; .' "-" and will there be posted (as: an ordinary letter free of postagey to the address given in the mecsage, or will be forwardedi to the nearest Telegraph, Station in ——————? and telegraphed to its destination j the Australian ratec being coll°cted from the receiver. The sender will note in the instructions on the message bow he withos his meesage dealt irith—whether to be posted as a letter at" the final port of departure in New Zealand or to he forwarded from there to the Telegraph Station at the port where the steamer i§ tbund to, nnd to be telegraphed from thenre to its final destination. In the fii-Rt case, i c will write in inftruotions, if to bfiireateda' aleiter, " To be posted j" in the latter, if to.t« telegraphed on arrival in Australia, he, will state in instructions ' "To be telegrftphe<i." In the case of Telegrams for Tasmania and Western Aus!ra]ia, the pame can onlr be treated as letters, and postpd a« *ufih; from the final port of departure in New Zeal vnh Telegrams for Europe per Java Cable will be. dealt with as hitherto, the full rates being prepaid by the sender. .....■: "j a John Btox, Officer in Charge. Telegraph OiFce, April 9th, 1875.