MR. O'KEEFFE (Limerick)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the resolution passed at the present Assizes by the Grand Jury of the County of Limerick, protesting that the recent refusal of the Board of Trade to allow more than one mixed train (passengers-and goods) a day each way is likely seriously to injure the passenger train service of the Limerick and Kerry Railway Company; and if, in accordance with the request of the Grand Jury and other Local Bodies, he will relax this rule, and allow a passenger carriage to be attached to the goods trains running on the Limerick and Kerry Railway?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. MUNDELLA, Sheffield, Brightside)My attention has been drawn to the resolution of the Limerick Grand Jury, and I have referred the case to the Railway Inspectors of the Board of Trade to advise whether it is expedient to relax the rule, having regard to the interests of public safety. On receiving their Report the matter shall have my best consideration.