3 8048 00087 0464 This book is to be returned on or before the iast date stamped below. CLASS l 1 1 $ ,/ I G AUTHOR Coo TITLE COPY STIRLING DISTRICT LIBRARY ' [ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/cookwyliesstirli1897prin Cook & Wylie's 0(5) <T^. ^> Stirling Directory V O AND Almanac for 1897, CONTAINING •2RAL DIRECTORY, BUSINESS DIRECTORY, LISTS OE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, SECRETARIES OF SOCIETIES, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, &C; ALSO, COUNTY INFORMATION, LOCAL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, &c, &c. price sixpence:. J AND PUBLISHED BY COOK & WYLIE, 9 BAKSTON STKEET. 1897. WELLINGTON KNIFE POLISH. Prepared for Oakey's Knife- Boards and all Patent Knife- OAKEY'S Cleaning Machines. 4* A MBBmffl^L Canisters, Id., 2d., 3d., 6d., Is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. StitlinQ public 3librar\> reference Department Rooks must not be removed, under any pretext, from this department. Readers are requested to take care of ,the books. Turning down the pages, cutting or mutilating a. book will be treated as serious damage. CONVERSATION IN THIS DEPARTMENT IS ANNOYING TO STUDENTS, AND IS NOT PERMITTED. Class Access io 1 1 No COUGH Sold everywhere in Tins, Is. l%d. each,. The Unrivalled Remedy for COUGHS, HOARSENESS, THROAT TROUBLES. : . COOK! <& WYLIE'S e^^> 6)»»r3 STIRLING DIRECTORY fs-i ftMHJSf s*HS<§H-a A/icf Almanac for 1897. •Bflf CONTENTS - Pages. Calendar, .. ... .. Facing Useful Local Information (Continued)- Almanac, Local Justices of the Peace, . 85-86 General Directory, . 35-71 Miscellaneous, 86-88 Business* Directory, 72-81 Church Services, . 97 INSURANCE COUPON, 82 Postal Information, 97 Useful Local Information— Omnibuses. 98 Parliamentary, SS piers afcd Mail Gigs, . 98 Municipal, Loom RIveSts in 1896, 89-93 Parochial, >;4 Property Wales in 1896, 93-94 Educational, 34 Obituary, . 94-95 County Officials, 84-85 Stirlingshire Is vfntories of Estate, 95-96 r INDEX r AD\'ERTIS2MEN ; S. Pag< . Page. ON COVER - W. G, Criohton, (lass Merchant and Glazier, 104 J. M'Kinlay & Son, Tailors and Clothier?, 4 Joseph D. Cook, Coal Merchant, .. 104 *,h British and Mercantile Insurance Coy ., 99 Miss Stoddart, Boot and Shoemaker, .. 104 . .1 Hotel (John Currie), 90 jo, , Menkes *, Co., Drapers, &c, .. 105 aside & Macdonald, Drapers, &c, . 100 Eobert Hethenngton, Cabinetmaker, &c, .. 105 .<ath & Ralston, Confectioners,.. 100 Alexander Millar, Coal Merchant, -. 107 d«tel (James Lennox), . 101 William Carson Son, & Painters,. .. 107 J. Jenkins (Insurance Companies), . 102 W. 8. Palmer. Umbrella A. & Manufacturer, .. 107 John Ho^at, Tailor and Clothier, . 103 J. Dunlop Co., Grocers, & &c, .. 108 *al Accident Assurance Corporatic n Robert Poster, Plasterer, .. 108 Ltd., .. 104 Alloa Coal Company, .. 109 PUBLISHEES: COOK & WYLIE, 9 BAENTON STEEET, STIELING. BRAGG .Fo^ INDIGESTION Fevers, Cholera, Diar- rhoea, Liver Disorders, Sleeplessness, etc. By its action as an absorbent renders the system perfectly pure and healthy. More extensively used and recom- mended by Doctors than ever. In- valuable in cases of Influenza. Keep it always in the house, it will prevent many an illness. Pleasant to fake. please Qbserverhe E,£ , s Biscuits in Tins, Is.. 2s. and 4s.; Powder in Bottles, 2s., 4s., and 6s. ; Lozenges in Tins, Is. ly2 d.; Tablets in Tins, la. IKd.; of all Cnemists. — ; — ;: POST-OFFICE INFORMATION. LETTER POST. POST CARDS. MONEY ORDERS. To and from all parts of the Post Cards for use in the United Money Orders are granted in the United Kingdom the prepaid Kingdom only are sold at 10 for United Kingdom as follows :— rates are :— 5%d., or of finer quality 10 for 6d. Fof sums not exceeding £1, 2d; l to ; Not exceeding 1 oz Id. They can be had in smaller num- £ £2, 3d. £2 to £4, 4d. ; £4 to Excdg.loz.butnotexcdg.2oz. ljd. bers or singly. Foreign Post £7, 5d. ; £7 to £10, 6d. 2d. Money may now be sent by „ 2oz. ,i 4oz. Cards, Id. ; Reply, 2d. „ 4oz. 6oz. 2jd. Stout Reply Post Cards are Sold Telegraph Money Order at the „ following :— „ 6 oz. „ 8 oz. 3d. at l^d. each, or ten for Is. Thin rates For sums frot exceeding 4d. „ 8oz. „ 10 oz. Sjd-. Reply Post Cards are charged Hd. £1, £1 to £2, 6d. ; £2 to £4, 8d. : £4 to ,, 10 oz. „ 12 oz. id. each, or ten for lid. and so on at the rate of £d. for Letter Cards are sold at 8 for £7, lOd. ; £7 to £10. Is. In addition to the commission every additional 2 oz. A letter 9d. ; smaller numbers in propor- posted unpaid will be cbarged on tion. a charge is made at the ordinary delivery with double postage, and inland rate for the official tele- POST. a letter posted insufficiently pre- INLAND PARCEL gram of advice and its repetition, paid will be charged with double For an Inland Postal Parcel the the minimum being 9d. the deficiency.—An Inland Letter rate of postage, to be prepaid in must not exceed one foot six ordinary postage stamps, is POSTAL ORDERS. inches in length, nine inches in 8. d. Postal Orders are now issued at width, or six inches in depth, Not exceeding in weight lib. o 3 all Money Order Offices in the unless it should happen to be sent Excdg.llb. &notexcdg.2lbs. 4J United Kingdom at the following to or from a Government office. j, 2 lbs. „ „ 3 lbs. 6 fixed sums:— lbs. 4 lbs. The charge for the re-direction „ 3 „ „ 7J Is. and Vs. 6d., id. ; 2s., 2s. 6d., 3s., of letters has been abolished. „ 4 lbs. „ „ 5 lbs. 9 3s. 6d., 4s., 4s. 6d., 5s., ?s. 6d., 10s., 51bs. 6 lbs. The Foreign and Colonial Post- „ , k „ 10J and 10s. 6d., Id. ; 15s. and 20s., ljd. 6 lbs. lbs. age rate is 2jd. per h oz. „ „ „ 7 1 „ 7 lbs. „ „ 8 lbs. 1 1J MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE ABROAD. POSTAGE ON INLAND REGISTERED „ 8 lbs. „ „ 9 lbs. 1 3 Foreign Orders are issued at 9 lbs. lbs. 1 „ „ „ 10 4J the following rates : NEWSPAPERS. „ 10 lbs. „ „ 11 lbs. 1 6 If payable in Belgium, Den- Prepaid Bates.—For each Regis- Maximum length allowed for a mark, Danish West Indies, Dutch tered Newspaper, whether posted postal parcel is 3 feet 6 inches East India Possessions, Egypt, singly or in a packet—One Half- maximum length and girth com- France, German Empire, Holland, penny ; but a packet containing bined, 6 feet. Examples:—A par- Iceland, Italy, Japan, Norway, two or more Registered News- cel measuring 3 feet 6 inches in Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, papers is not chargeable with a its longest dimension may mea- the United States, &c, or the higher rate of postage than would sure as much as 2 feet 6 inclirs in British Possessions and Colonies be chargeable on a Book Packet girth, i.e., around its thickest On sums not exceeding weight, viz., On? of the snnie part ; or—a shorter parcel may be £2 ..... Os. 6d. I £7 is. 6d. Halfpenny for every 2 oz., or thicker, e.g., if measuring no more £5 Is. Od. £10 2s. Od. I fraction of 2 oz. than 3 feet in length, it may mea- No Newspaper, whether posted sure as much as 3 feet in girth, POSTAL TELEGRAMS. singly or in a packet, may contain i.e., around its thickest part. The charge for any enclosure except the supple- The telegrams Regulations under which throughout the United ment or supplements belonging certain Articles are prohibited Kingdom is 6d. for the first 12 words, and to it. from transmission by the Letter £d. for every additional word. A Packet of Newspapers must Post — with a few exceptions Ad- dresses are charged for. A receipt not weigh above 14 lbs. or exceed —apply equally to the Parcel for the charges can be obtained two feet in length or one foot in Post. For instance—Gunpowder, at a cost of 2d. width or depth. Lucifer Matches, anything liable to sudden combustion, bladders REGISTRATION AND COM- containing liquid, and Live Ani- POST-OFFICE SAVINCS BANKS. PENSATION. mals, are excluded from the Par- Deposits of one shilling upwards will be received By the prepayment of a fee of cel Post. from any deposi- tor at the twopence any postal packet (par- Certificates of posting of par- Post-Office Savings Banks, provided cels included) may be registered to cels can be obtained gratis. the deposits by such in any place in the United Kingdom. made depositor any Every packet to be registered FOREICN PARCEL POST. year ending the 3lst December do not exceed £50, and provided must be given to an agent of A Parcel Post service has been the total amount does not exceed the Post-Ofnce and a receipt established between the United £200 inclusive of interest. Separate obtained for it. The Postmaster- Kingdom and many Foreign accounts be opened in General will give compensation countries and the British Colonies may the names of wife and children. up to a maximum limit of £50 and Foreign Possessions gener- for the loss and damage of Inland ally. For rates and other con- "TAKE CARE Postal Packets of all kinds. The ditions, see the Post Office Guide, OF THE PENCE." ordinary registration fee of 2d. published quarterly. At every Post-Offlce in the Uni- secures £5: 3d., £10; 4d.,£l5 ; 5d., ted Kingdom forms can be ob- £20; 6d.,£25; Id., £30 ; 8d., £35 tained, free of charge, on which ; INLAND BOOK POST. 9d., £40 ; 10d., £45 ; lid., £50. twelve penny postage stamps can The Book-Post rate is One Half- be fixed ; and when the form has REGISTERED LETTER ENVELOPES penny for every 2 oz. or fraction been thus filled up with twelve are sold at all Post-0 ffices, and of 2 oz.