§ SIR GEORGE TREVELYAN (Glasgow, Bridgeton)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether it is the case that mails for America from Glasgow missed the steamer by which they were advertised to sail no fewer that five times in the course of January, 1890; and whether any steps are being taken to prevent a recurrence of that contingency?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES, Cambridge University)The right hon. Gentleman's statement is quite correct, and I regret the inconvenience which must have resulted from the delays complained of. As I explained recently in the House, these delays have been mainly attributable to the difficulties attending the conduct of the Railway Service in the North, and I trust that regularity will now be restored.