BANKING.—Deposit Accounts and Current Accounts opened and Interest allowed. Cheque Books issued. Full particulars furnished on application.
ORDERS FOR GOODS.
A Special Staff is in attendance in the early morning to deal with Post Orders, so that Meat, Poultry, Fish, etc., may be sent out by the early carts.
Verbal Orders.—For Customers having large orders to place for Grocery, etc., an Order Office is provided, thus saving them the trouble of visiting the various counters, the utmost care being taken in carrying out instructions. The Order Office is situated in the Royal Exchange in the centre of the building. Orders for Horses, Carriages, Motor Cars, Electric or Petrol Landaulettes are booked at this office. Special terms and prices on application.
Collection of Customers’ Orders (Local.)—For the convenience of Customers we have arranged, where Standing Orders are given by Customers for delivery of Goods each morning by our Carmen, that the Carmen themselves can bring back orders, thus ensuring Earlier Delivery than if by the Collectors calling by arrangement.
Order Books for writing orders in duplicate are supplied free. The use of the duplicating book is strongly recommended, but, when writing out orders, none but words descriptive of the Goods required should be used. The embodiment of such quotations as “Please Send,” “Kindly Deliver,” etc., constitutes a letter which is surcharged accordingly by the Post Office Officials, a procedure which entails delay in the delivery of the letter and in the execution of the order. Orders should never be embodied in letters relating to any other subject requiring an answer.
In order to facilitate delivery customers are requested to give their nearest Railway Station on all orders.
PERISHABLE PROVISIONS.—Customers will find it to their advantage to order Fish, Meat, Poultry, Fruit, Dressed Provisions, separately from the General Orders; this will ensure more prompt despatch. Orders are executed as quickly as possible, but pressure of work at times leading to more or less delay, the delivery of Goods by any definite time cannot be guaranteed, but every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the customer. When orders cannot be despatched by Goods Train in time to meet customers’ special requirements they will at the discretion of the Company be despatched by Passenger Train, Carriage Forward, and an allowance will be made equivalent to the cost of transit by Goods Train.
Telephone Orders.—An efficient staff of order clerks is kept in constant attendance for the purpose of receiving Customers’ orders. Being provided with the morning quotations for Fish and other articles of daily consumption, they can give any information as to most seasonable goods, etc. Orders for luncheon received up to 10 o’clock for the immediate neighbourhood; other districts according to delivery. Fullest information will be given upon application to enquiry office.
Telephone No.: “Western One,” 80 Lines (Day and Night).