§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that a telegram, handed in at Leicester at 10.30 a.m., on the 10th March, was not-delivered to the addressee, William Campbell, fish merchant, Plockton, until 6.15 p.m. the same day, and that in consequence of the delay Mr. Campbell suffered great loss and inconvenience; and whether, under the circumstances, the Post Office will make some compensation to Mr. Campbell for his loss, and take such steps as may be necessary to prevent a similar occurrence?
§ MR. SNAPE (Lancashire, S.E., Heywood)May I ask whether questions of this character could not be as effectively put by letter to the Department concerned as by questions in this House?
§ MR. SPEAKERI think it would be a very good reform to establish if questions of small import to the general public were addressed to the different Departments.
§ MR. WEIRI hope then the Postmaster General will take care that more energy, more activity, and greater despatch will be displayed by the Department.