SHIPPING.
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LTTTELTON.
SAILED. March 23 — Ohau, s.a., 411 tons, M'Donald, for Wellington. Uaion Steam ship Company, agent?. March 23— Wakatipa, b.b, 1258 tons, Ewan, for Timaru. Union Steamship Company, agents.
MAIL NOTICES

Mails close for the following places aa under, enbjeot to the necessary altera tions:— Saturday, March 25. For Australian Colonies and also for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, vi& Brindiai, leaving Melbourne on April 11, and also per Orient steamer, < leaving Melbourne on April 4, and for Dunedin, per Mararoa at 1.45 p.m ; late fee letters, 2 p.m. ; guard's vaD, 2.40 p.m. train. For Greymouth (direct), per Wareatea, at 4.20 p.m. ; late fee letters, 4.35 p.m. ; guard's van, 5.30 p.m. train. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at 7.45 p.m.; late fee letters, 8 p.m.; guard's van, 9.5 p.m. train.
Note. — Direct mail service to United Kingdom. There will be no departure of direct Bteamers on March 30 from the Colony, bub the Ruahine and Tainui will both leave Lyttelton on April 22, next. Note.— On Good Friday, March 31, the Chief Post Office will be closed in all its brancheH. Mails usually closed on Friday will close at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, and the Post Office will be en on that day from 9.30 to 10 p.m. for counter delivery of letters usually delivered by letter-carriers, including the district of Sydenham. On Easter Monday, April 3, the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, and the Post Office, Lyttelton, will be open as usual. The Post Office at Sydenham will be open from 9 to 10 a.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m.
THE WEATHER.
