§ * MR. J. P. FARRELL (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, why it is that Cavan town, at which two railway companies have terminal stations, has no train leaving there at night for the conveyance of the mails; is he aware that, under existing arrangements, the mails are despatched by car to Clones, a distance of 12 miles; and that, in order to meet this arrangement, letters from Arva, Killashandra, and other small outlying towns have to be posted as early as 2 p.m., and in Cavan at 5.30, no other post being available; and what steps will be taken to give a better postal service to this district?
§ * MR. HANBURYThere are no suitable trains at present between Cavan and Clones for the conveyance of the night mails, and the circumstances do not warrant the large additional expenditure which the establishment of suitable trains would involve. The question of establishing a supplementary night mail dispatch from Cavan by railway viâ Mullingar, thus affording a much later hour for posting, is now under consideration.
§ MR. JOHN DILLON (Mayo, E.)On behalf of the hon. Member for North Leitrim, Mr. P. A. M' Hugh, I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the Great Northern Railway Company of Ireland have given any undertaking to accelerate the train carrying the mails to Bundoran in the afternoon during the coming winter so as to ensure their being in time for the mail car leaving Bundoran for Kinlough and Manorhamilton with the second post?
§ * MR. HANBURYSo far as the Post Office is aware, the Great Northern Railway Company have given no undertaking on this subject.