MR. T. M. HEALTI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether the mail car, which has been plying for many years between Tinahely and Kiltegan, County Wicklow, is about to be discontinued; and has he received a Memorial from the chief inhabitants of the district, pointing out the inconvenience likely to arise by the contemplated change?
§ *MR. RAIKESIt has been decided that the day mail car hitherto working from Tinahely to Kiltegan shall be replaced by a ear working from Baltinglass—the object in view being to effect a much desired improvement of postal service at Kiltegan—the distance from Baltinglass to Kiltegan being less than live miles, whereas the distance from Tinahely to Kiltegan is 10 miles. A Memorial against the change was received, but I think it did not originate with the chief residents of Kiltegan, and referred mainly to the question of passenger traffic. The balance of postal advantages was, in my opinion, clearly in favour of the change—the same interval for reply at Hackelstown as at present, namely, two hours live minutes, being maintained.