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THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.
To-day being the 63rd birthday of her
MIajesty Queen Victoria will be observed
asa public holiday throughout the colony.
The banks and the public and municipal
offices, together with the principal places
of business, will all be closed in honour
of the occasion. The Post-ollice will be
closed betweeoon the hours of 10 a.m. and
5 p.m. There will be but one delivery of
letters in the morning shortly before 10
o'clock. No interruption will take place
in the receipt and despatch of mails. The
Telegraph-oflice will be closed from 10
a.m. to 0"30 p.m. The Victorian Tele
graph-offices will open from 8'30 to 10
a.m., and from 0.to 7 p.m.
The railway arramgements for the day
are as follows :-Tasmanian liain Line
Railway- Return oxcursion tickets at
single fares for distances exceeding 10
miles only will be issued from aund to all
stations and sidings by trains stopping
thereat, available for the return journey
on the same day only. Launecston and
Western Railway-Return tickets, avail
able for the day of issue only, will be
issued between all stations at single
fares.
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