Subject to necessary alterations, Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Wellington, as under:— This Day, August 16. For Southern offices of New Zealand, per Rotorua, at 11.20 am. For Wanganui, per Huia, at 5 pra. For Wanganui and Greymouth, per St Kiida,

at 4,20 pm. , For Southern offices of New Zealand, per

Mawhera, at 5 pm. For Blenheim, per Waihi, at 5 pm, Sunday, August 17. For New Plymouth, Auckland, Sandwich Islands, America, and Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via San Francisco (due in London September 27th), pec Wanaka, at 10 am. Monday, August IS. For Picton and Nelson, per Bingarooma, at

11.50 am. , For Southern offices of New Zealand, and Australian Colonies, via Melbourne, per llotomahana, at 3.20 pm. B. B. BUTTS, Chief Postmaster.
BIRTHS.
Cbispe.—On the 14th August, at York-stroet, Wellington, the wife of Mr Thos. Ccispc, of a daughter. Rawson.— On the 15th August, the wife of Dr Ernest Kawson, of a daughter.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT.
(j.W.—Your letter should be addressed, In the first place, to the journal whose utter ances are referred to by you. If publication be refused in that quarter, our columns shall then be open to you.
The New Zealand Times (PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1884.
