§ MR. W. ABRAHAM (Limerick, W.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if he is aware that John Cowhey, recently appointed Postmaster at Brura, County Limerick, was twice convicted of drunkenness, once of serious assault, and was also dismissed from the employment of the Prudential Assurance Company for proceedings in connection with a policy of assurance on the life of a man named James Murphy; and whether he will institute inquiries into these allegations, and, if proved true, will remove John Cowhey from the office of Postmaster?
§ MR. RAIKESI am not aware of one or two of the statements involved in the question, and I will inquire into them; but, as at present advised, I do not consider it either necessary or desirable to deprive Mr. Cowhey of the office of Sub-Postmaster at Brura, to which I recently appointed him.