§ MR. HALSEY (Herts, Watford)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if his attention has been called to the fact that the contractor for the conveyance of mails from Watford to Tring was, on Tuesday January 17th, fined £5,and 13s. 6d. costs, at the Watford Petty Sessions, for cruelty to a horse, it being proved that the said horse was unfit for work, and had been while in that state 875 worked from Watford to Tring and back in the mail van; and that there had been numerous complaints to the police as to the state of the horses used by this contractor; and whether be proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. A. MORLEY,) Nottingham, E.Attention had already been called to this matter, and there can be no doubt, I fear, that the contractor's horses have not been properly cared for. The contractor has given three mouths' notice to quit, and I have caused her to be informed that in the event of any further complaints being made in the meantime, I shall summarily determine the contract, and take the service out of her hands.