Page 74 - Jamaica PO Guide 1936

TELEGRAPHS. 71
STR&ET COLLl;CTINO DOXES 1 contd.
34. 1\Iarescaux Road and Club Lane 45. Hope and Trafalgar Roads
35. Hope und Oxford Roads 46. Lady ~lusgrave and Trafalgar Hoads
36. Retirement Hoad near Lyndhurst Road 47. Beech,,ood A\·e. and Halfway Tree Rd.
37. Knutsford Park Gate 48. Penn and Rodney Streets, (Admiral
38. King'~ If u~c Gale Pen).
3811. ~wimmcrs Pen and Waltham Park 49. 'panish Town Road and Old Pound
H~ s R~
38b. Wtdlhnm Park and ;.;oiyne~ Ro,tds iiO. CouijlanL Spring Road and Four Roads
39. Bedford l'nrk Gat<' on the Constnut 51 . Mary Brown's Corner. (Con~lant
fipr·ing T.inc nenr Sandy Gully Spring Road)
40. Bnrbican Hoad 52. Grccuwich Road nod New Lincoln
41. Papinc C'orncr Road
42. Brcnl ford and Curphey Roads 53. Jackson Road and Giltress St., Rollio~t-
4,3. Grove & Central Roads. KE•ncot Lands ton Pen.
44. ~JolvnPs Hond and Tarnmt Lane
Collce.tin~ boxes ha,·e also been erected in Savunmt-la-l\Iar. Port Antonio, Montrgo.
Bay and Spani~h Town. ·
TELEGRAPHS.

THE Government Telegraphs are under the control of the Postmaster for Jamaica.
Thr.re nrc now 200 Postal Telegraph and Telephone Offices distributed throughout the
Island connecting every town or villngo of importnnce. Additional offices will be opened
during tho current year.
In nddit,icn, the Jnmnica Government Rnilway with a compliment of 48 Telegraph
Offices exchanges telegrams with the Postal 'l'elcgrnph System.
The charge for telegrams throughout Jamaica is ninepen.ce for any number of words
up to twelve, and a half-penny for every additional word. The address and signatur&
are both counted. The charge is paid in poet age stamps affixed to the message.
If the addressee reside within one mile of the terminal office the telegram is delivered
by messenger without any additional charge; but if beyond that limit the following
porterage fee must be prepaid:-
At a rate of 6d. per mile (one way) counting from boundary of free delivery.
The above rates are maintained whenever practicable. If me&engers cannot be
obtained at these rates the Postmistress is authorised to make the most reasonable
arrangement possible.
The charge for the transmission and for porternge of telegrams must be pre-paid.
Persons resident at n place to which the island telegraph line has not been extended
can benefit by its use on the following conditions:-
a. If 'the words "By Post" with the name of a telegraph station be written on a
message it will be telegraphed to such station nnd forwarded from thence to its postal
address by first post.
b. If a letter marked "On Post Office Telegrnph Business" be sent by post to the tele-
graph clerk at any stnt.ion the message enclosed will be promptly forwarded by telc{/rapll
from sulch station. In this case the letter by post must be registered and !he cost of the
message enclosed in stamps or coin. Telegrama may also be handed to a mail courier
on his way to a telegraph office, but the department does not take any liability for-
misc~~rrioge.
c. No charge will be mode in either case for postage or registration.
Telegrams may be sent to any port for outward transmission as letters. The senders
must write "By Post" before addressee's name, nod the name of the terminal Telegraph
Office at the end of the address.
For example:-
"By Post" Brown, 12 Fifth Avenue, New York, Kingston."
In addition to the ordinary telegraph charge the sender must also pa.y the poslnge fee.
In such cases registered addresses cannot be used.
The office hours are frem 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily-Suodays and Public Holidays.
excepted.
Night, Sunday and Holiday services may be obtained at the following rates-
a. After 6 a.m. tmlil 8 p.m., double rate for telegram, plus a fee of 1/- to each clerk.
handling the telegram and 6d. for the messenger.