MR. F. A. O'KEEFFE (Limerick)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if his attention has been directed to the many memorials requesting a car service, cross countrywise, to meet the Dublin morning mail, passing from Limerick, at Ardrollus, County Clare, at about half-past eleven o'clock; and, whether he will endeavour to meet the wishes of the inhabitants of Tulla, county Clare, and district, numbering nearly 4,000 persons, for this communication, which would secure a delivery of mails and papers one day in advance, and would, it is estimated, pay its expenses by passenger traffic?
§ MR. ARNOLD MORLEYThe applications which I have received upon this subject contemplate the postponement of the morning delivery at Tulla until past mid-day for the purpose of including therein the letters arriving by the day mail from Dublin. But such a change would cause delay to five times as many letters as it would benefit, and would be attended with very serious inconvenience. It could not, moreover, be carried out except at a considerable increase of expense, which the circumstances do not warrant.
MR. O'KEEFFEasked whether the right hon. Gentleman would not try an experiment in this matter, as the extra cost would only be about 15s. a week.
§ MR. ARNOLD MORLEYpromised to consider any representations the hon. Member might lay before him on the subject.