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Show EXPEDITES MAIL WHICH IS TO BE SENT ABROAD WAS?fINGTON. Nov. 1!7 Spocla.1 arrangements ar-rangements have been made by Postmaster Postmas-ter General Hitchcock for the rapid transmission trans-mission of mall intended for delivery abroad by Christmas day. According to an announcement mndtt today, the steamer Philadelphia, originally origi-nally scheduled to depart from New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Southampton, Southamp-ton, England. 'at 10 a. in.. Saturday. De-comber De-comber 17, will leave -New York at the same time tho preceding day. Likewise tho Mauretanla. scheduled to sail on December De-cember 21. will sail at 6 p, m. Saturday, December 17. This will make It necessary for persons per-sons In any part of the United States to mail their letters or packages for tho United Kingdom and other parts -of Europe Eu-rope earlv enough for them ro reach -New York on Friday, December lfi or Saturday, Satur-day, December 17. Such mall, it is expected, ex-pected, will be landed In tlmo for de-llverv de-llverv In Groat Britain and Ireland as well " as . on most of tho continent by Christmas. |