A transportation company, if the place of destination of freight is a city or town having a daily mail, is not relieved from liability as a transportation company by reason of a deposit or storage of freight in a depot or warehouse, unless, within 24 hours after the arrival of such freight, notice thereof is given the consignee, personally or through the mail; and if notice is given through the mail, the postage must, by the consignee, be refunded to the carrier.