§ SIR ROPER LETHBRIDGE (Kensington, N.)asked the Postmaster General, Whether the postal communication between Europe and America would not be quickened by the establishment of an Atlantic mail service from Galway, and by the construction of a submarine tunnel between Scotland and Ireland; and, whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been drawn to the advantage of obtaining, as an alternative to the existing overland route to India, Australasia, and the Far East, an equally expeditious route through British territory, by way of Ireland and British America?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)I do not think that the Galway route for mails to America would be any quicker than that of Queenstown; but I may state that tenders have been invited for the conveyance of mails to America to be sent in to the Post Office on the 1st of next month, and that any tender of a service from Galway will be duly considered with others. Some little time could, doubtless, be saved by means of a submarine tunnel between Scotland and Ireland. The attention of Her Majesty's Government has been drawn to the route viâ Ireland and British America as a possible route for mails to the far East, and the matter is still under consideration.