§ MR. HARRIS (Galway, E.)asked the Postmaster General, Whether complaints have reached him that the Post Office in Ballinasloe does not afford sufficient accommodation to the public, or to the officials who have to work there; whether the amount of business which has to be gone through in the Post Office in Ballinasloe is not equal to, or greater than, that of other towns where new Post Offices have been erected; and, whether he is aware that a promise has been given by the late Postmaster General (Lord Wolverton) to provide increased Post Office accommodation in Ballinasloe; and, if so, would he get a new Post Office erected?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)There is no pressing need for a better Post Office at Ballinasloe, either on account of the public or the officials; but the Postmaster would be ready to avail himself of any opportunity of obtaining larger premises on reasonable terms. As the hon. Member has already been informed, my Predecessor came to the conclusion that there were not sufficient grounds for incurring the expense of specially providing a new Post Office building at Ballinasloe.