§ MR. JAMES DALY (Monaghan, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he has received resolutions from the Carrickmacross Board of Guardians, as well as other Boards of Guardians and Town Commissioners in Ireland, urging the dispatch of a train from Dundalk on arrival of the 7.20 mail for Castleblaney, Ballybay, Enniskillen, and Bundoran; and what steps, if any, have been taken to carry out the wishes of those who sent the resolutions referred to?
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General has not received any resolutions from the Carrickmacross Board of Guardians on the subject referred to, but he has received resolutions from various other quarters. The mails for Castleblaney, Ballybay and Enniskillen now reach Dundalk at 8.1 a.m., not at 7.20 a.m., and are sent forward by the 8.57 a.m. train. As stated in recent replies to other hon. Members, the question of improving the service will receive attention in connection with the revision of the Irish day mail services, and the Postmaster General will place before the railway company the representations which he has received, in the hope that the company may be able to effect the 1027 desired improvement, which the Post Office would not be justified in carrying out by putting on a special train at public cost. In any case it is feared that it will not be possible to extend the advantage to Bundoran, which is a long distance beyond Enniskillen.