§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General what is the contract rate of speed at which the cars carrying the mail from Strabane for Donegal are required to travel; whether he is aware that on several occasions 254 recently the mails have been delayed; and whether he will inquire if any effort has been made to ensure more punctual delivery?
§ MR. A. MORLEYThe contract rate of speed for the mail car in question is seven miles an hour. My attention had already been called to the delays to which the hon. Member refers. They were due not so much to loss of time by the mail ear as to irregularity in the running of the night mail train to Strabane; and the service is being carefully watched, with a view to ensure greater punctuality.