MAIL NOTICES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2384, 28 December 1908, Page 3

MAIL NOTICES.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30th. For Auckland, per Monowai, »AU For Napier, Wellington, and South, per Victoria, 4 p.m. For Auckland, via New Plymouth, per Victoria, 4 p.m. For Australia (duo in Sydney Jan. sth), Tasmania, Ceylon, India, Straits Settlements, China, J apan, and 1 nilippine Islands; also Continent or Europe and United Kingdom, % via in London stli February) connecting with P. and O. Lino at Wellington, per Victoria, 4 p.m. For United States of America, Canada, West Indies, Central America, tHort. Coast of South' America, via Bkin Francisco (due in London February W»h), also Samoa, Hawaiian Islands and Japan, connecting with s.s. Manapouri at Wellington, per Victoria, 4 p.m. For South Africa (due in Capetown about 30th January)', per Salamic, from Melbourne, per Victoria, 4 p.m. . SATURDAY, JANUARY 2nd. For Auckland, per Manuka, 9 a.in. For Australia (duo in Sydney Jan. Bth), Tasmania, Ceylon, India, Straits Settlements, China, Japan, and Philippine Islands, per Mann'ka, 9 a.m. SUNDAY, JANUARY 3rd. For Napier, Wellington, and South, per Monowai, 4 p.m. For Auckland, via New Plymouth, per Monowai, 4 p.m. SATURDAY, JANUARY 16th. For Vancouver and other parts of Canada, and United States of America, Hawaiian Islands, and Japan, also Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Vancouver (due in London 24tli February, per Navua, from Auckland (for specially-address-ed correspondence only), connecting with s.s. Moana at Fiji, per Mo'koia, 9 a.m. v

Mails for the Commonwealth of Australia, Ceylon, India, Japan, Straits Settlements also, South Africa Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom, also Fiji, per Wimniera, close at Auckland on Monday, Dec. 28th, at 4.15 p.m. . Extended Notice. —Mails for Chatham Islands, per Ripple, close at Lyttelton on Saturday January 2nd, ■at 8 p.m.

Money orders and registered letters close one hour, and parcel post parcels 30 minutes, before the ordinary mail.

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. 25th and 26th December, 1908, and Ist January, 1909. Postal Branch.—Fridays, the 25th December and Ist January (Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) will be observed as close holidays. On Saturday, the 26th inst (Boxing Day), the Post Office will be open in all branches excepting the Money Order and Savings Bank, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Receivers and posting boxes will be cleared on tlie evenings of Thursdays, tlie 24th and 31st insts. Mails usually despatched on Fridays will be closed on Thursday-nights, the 24th and 31st insts, at 7.30 p.m. On Boxing Day, the 26th inst., the usual despatch of mails up to 8 a.m. will be made, receivers and posting boxes cleared accordingly. On the 26t-h inst. a complete delivery by letter carrier will be made. On Thursday, the 24th and 31st insts, a delivery of town letters (including registered) will be made between 7 and 8 p.m. at the Post Office wicket. Telegraph Office—On Friday (Christmas Day) Sunday hours will be observed, viz., 9.30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and sto 5.30 p.m. On Saturday (Boxing Day) and Friday (New Year’s Day) the office will be open from 9 a.in. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m .to 10 p.m. Telephone Exchange.—Special hours will be observed on Christmas Day, viz., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. only. On Boxing Day and New Year’s Day attendance as usual from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. W. H. RENNER, Chief Postmaster, Gisborne.