§ MR. CONDON (Tipperary, E.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, When it may be expected that the town of Clonmel and other places on the Waterford and Limerick Railway will receive the benefit of the accelerated mail service viâ the Limerick Junction; whether the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company have made the Post Office authorities an offer to provide the necessary service, including an accelerated mail from Ennis, on terms which they allege would only cover the cost of same, and if they have offered to submit those terms to arbitration; and, will the Post Office either agree to the terms or arbitrate them, so as to put an end to the serious public inconvenience now existing?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.)In reply to the hon. Member, I beg to state that the Postmaster General is still in communication with the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company on the subject of the accelerated services referred to in this Question, and it is not usual to make any definite statement while negotiations are pending; but perhaps the hon. Member will accept my assurance that the Postmaster General is using his best endeavour to bring this matter to a satisfactory settlement.