Page 11 - Jamaica PO Guide 1924

l'OST OFFICE HA..'IfDBOOK. 9
tiOU5 1: DE LIVE~Y.
( KINOSTOI'i AND LOWER ST. ANDRtl W .)
Corrcspondt·nce ia dolivcrcd by letter carriers in a!! pu:ts of the City of Kingston in·
eluding Smith's Village, llnnnnh Town, Ca mpbell Town, Franklin Town Brown's T~wn
Passmor~ Town, the northern limito of Aruold Hond nnd South Cnmp Ro~d includin~ t h~
Goodwin Lantl• and t.o t.ho co•t of th~ cit.~· "' far ns ]{ensington I toad, fo~r times dnilv.
viz., 8.30 a.m. 10.30 n.m 1.30 p.m. nud 4..15 pm ·
Correspond~IICP is dnlivcrrd in Lower St. Andrcw as bclow:-
From EIA.uwAY T n&ll Post Office at S.30 a.m. nnd 2 p.m.
NoRTH--cnmperdown Switch on the Const~nt Spring Road a nd the road lead tog ~o
K ing's House.
Soum--()xfnrd Road, Kencot Lands inclu:lcd.
EA S1'-Matildn's Corner nnd Hope Roa d, from Oxford Rond.
WES1'-Hagl••'' Park on Hn",lcy l'nrk Road, :\lolines llond to junction with Tarrant
Lane, Old Pou11d Road nnd Lyndburst Road to junction of Hctircmcnt Uoad
F rom Cnoss 11oAns Post Office at 9.1.5 a.m and 2 p.m :-
Nonm-From Caoss ROADS Post Office, along Caledonia Avenue, up to Halrway
Tree and Hope !l oad to corner of Oxford Road.
SouTH-Torringt.on Bridge and Slipe Pen !load.
EAS1'-Maresc:tux Road.
WES1'-From Cross R.ond~. along Retirement Road to nnrner of {,yndhurst Road and
Old Pound Road, inolndin~ Rrcntford Road.
REDIIU !CT ION OF cormE5PONOENCE.
Anr postal packet may be redirected to tbc Slime addressee o~t another address either
by au officer of t~ Pose Office or by nn agent of the nddresace after delivery.
Tbe fee for det:Uning and delivering in J.(iugston, packet le~ters addressed t<> D istrict
P ost Offices, or for detaining nnd re-directing such lettcra to any other postal address
is la. for each service.
APPLICATION5 FO~ ~:ECA L L OF LETTE il5.
No letter, parcc! or olhcr postn' packet Clln, when once it has been post~d in a Po t
Office receptt,cle or accepted for trnosmi>sion at a Post Offi.ce, be token out of the post,
even if application 'be made for it by a person who cnn prove that he i • the sender, with-
out the authorily of tbo Govemor. Nor r.~n it be de· Ained or delayed at the sender's
request; it must bo forw·ardcd to its address and cannot be div~rtcd to any other ad-
dress.
P~ IVAT E LETTER BOXE5 AND BAGS.
Private letter boxes, nvnilable for the sut scribers' use from i n.rn. till 5.30 p.m. on
week days (and also for two or three houre after t be arrival of important over-rea mails),
may be rented for l~a. o year at the Post Offices of Kingston, Port Antonio, M ontego
Bay and Mfilldevillc.
Private bSJ!So-lly permission of the Po tmaster for Jnmaic~ any pe"Son may have his
letters conveyed to and from the Post Offi e in a private bag upon payment of an
annual fee of one guinea. The bag to be loeked, one key being kept by the Postmnst~r
and one by the owner of the bag.
When a private letter bng is conveyed by a mnil contractor n further annual fee of
one guinea is to be paid. T hese fees mu•t be P"id in advance tbrougll tb ' Po,tmaster
for Jamaica.
P05TE. ~E5TANTE.
The Poste Restat•le is intended solely for the accomtuodntion of strangers and travellers
and even they mar not use it for morc.t han three months.
Letters addreaed to initials, or to fictitious names, or to a christian name without a
surname are not iaken in at the Poste R estante, but are treated as undelivered and
returned to senders.
l'eriod of Retention of Undelivered CorrespGWdence:
Origin. At Kingston. At Dis:rict Post Offices.
Places abroad .. Four weeks Eight weeks
Local .. T "'oweeks Four weeks