Page 69 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1938

TELEGRAPHS. 79
STREET COLLECTING BOAES
Collecting boxes are to be found at the following places in Kingston and Lower St.
Andrew. (The times at which they are cleared are stated on each.)
1. King and North Streets 31. Studley Park Road
2. Charles and East Streets 32. South Camp Road Hotel
3. Kingston Gardens 33. Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation
4. Fire Brigade Station 34. Marescaux Road and Club Lane
5. Jamaica Club 35. Hope and Oxford Roads
6. Torrington Bridge 36. Retirement Road near Lyndhurst Road
7. Allman Town Constabulary Station 37. Knutsford Park Gate
8. South Camp Road near North Street 38. King’s House Gate
9. Highholborn and Laws Streets 38a. Swimmers Pen & Waltham Park Rds.
10. Park Lodge (Victoria Avenue) 38b. Waltham Park and Molynes Roads
11. Brown’s Town Constabulary Station 39. Bedford Park Gate on the Constant
12. Tower Street and Elletson Road Spring Line near Sandy Gully
13. Marin? Gardens 40. Barbican Road
14. Spanish Town Road and Beeston Street 41. Papine Corner
15. Parade, by Parish Church 42. Brentford and Curphey Roads
16. Princess and Harbour Streets 43. Grove & Central Roads, Kencot Lands
17. Princess and West Queen Streets 44. Molynes Road and Tarrant Lane
18- Jamaica Times Store 45. Hope and Trafalgar Roads
19. Jubilee Market, West Queen Street 46. Lady Musgrave and Trafalgar Roads
20. Orange Street and Port Royal Street 47. Beechwood Ave. and Halfway Tree Rd.
20a. Princess Street and North Street 48. Penn and Rodney Streets, (Admiral
21. Orange and Charles Streets Pen).
22. Franklin Town Police Station 49. Spanish Town Road and Old Pound
23. Smith Village, Percy and Wellington Road
Streets 50. Constant Spring Road and Four Roads
24. Campbell Town, Liverpool & Hampton 51. Mary Brown’s Cor. (Constant Spring Rd.
Streets 52. Greenwich Road and New Lincoln
25. Woodford Park Road
26. Duke and Harbour Streets 53. Jackson Road and Giltress St., Rolling-
27. Manchester Square, South Race Course ton Pen.
28. Laws and East Streets 54. Oliver and Windward Roads.
29. Hannah St. and Rose Lane 55. South and Lyndhurst Roads.
30. Arnold Road, north of Connolly Avenue 56. Omara Road and Chisholm Avenue.
Collecting boxes have also been erected in Savanna-la-Mar (1), Port Antonio, (7),
Montego Bay (8), and Spanish Town (3).
TELEGRAPHS.
T he Government Telegraphs are under the control of the Postmaster for Jamaica.
There are now 208 Postal Telegraph and Telephone Offices distributed throughout the
Island connecting every town or village of importance.
In addition, the Jamaica Government Railway with a compliment of 48 Telegraph
Offices exchanges telegrams with the Postal Telegraph System.
The charge for telegrams throughout Jamaica is ninepence for any number of words
up to twelve, and a half-penny for every additional w'ord. The address and signature
ar: both counted. The charge is paid in postage 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
porter ;ge,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 messengers cannot be
obtained at these rates the Postmistress is authorised to make the most reasonable
arrangement possible.
The charge for the transmission and for porterage of telegrams must be pre-paid.
Persons resident at a 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 and forwarded from thence to its postal
address by first post.