§ MR. F. PARKER (Oxford, Henley)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he will establish a telegraph office at Lewknor, a village between Tetsworth and Watlington, and where the wire passes the post office, seeing that the postmaster is willing to work the telegraph without remuneration till the receipts cover the expenditure, and the only expense would be connecting the office with the wire outside?
§ *MR. RAIKESIn reply to my hon. Friend, I am compelled to say that I could not accept an offer from the sub-postmaster to work without remuneration; but I shall be glad to establish a 405 telegraph office at Lewknor if a guarantee be forthcoming to secure the Post Office against loss. I fear from what I have been able to ascertain that the wire to which my own Friend refers is fully occupied.