§ MR. JAMES DALY (Monaghan, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is aware that Resolutions have been passed by the Carrick-macross Board of Guardians and Carrick-macross Town Commissioners requesting the Great Northern Railway Company to run third-class passenger carriages on the mail train leaving Dublin at 6 a.m. for Belfast, and that a train for mails and passengers be run from Dundalk for Enniskillen at 7.21 a.m. on arrival of the mail train from Dublin; whether he is aware that other railway companies in Ireland are running third-class passenger carriages on their mail trains; and what course he intends to take to give effect to the Resolutions in question?
§ *MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General is aware the Resolutions have been passed, and regrets he is not able to give effect to them. The train proposed between Dundalk and Enniskillen is offered by the Company for the purpose of carrying the mails on terms which the Postmaster General is obliged to decline. The Postmaster General is aware that one Company is running third-class passenger carriages and that another has undertaken to do so. He hopes the practice may become general, but he has no power to deal with passenger traffic. I am quite aware of the inconvenience to both mails and passengers of the long delay at Dundalk.
§ MR. D. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, has he received a copy of a Resolution unanimously adopted by the Clones Board of Guardians requesting that the terms offered by the Great Northern Railway Company, in regard to the conveyance of mails, be accepted, so that the town of Clones and the district generally from Dundalk to Enniskillen may have the advantage of a connection with the limited mail at Dundalk, and the earlier delivery of mails which would thus be obtained; and will the Postmaster General give effect to the said Resolution?
§ *MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General does not appear to have received a copy of the Resolution to which the hon. Member refers. The subject of the 98 Resolution, has, however, been fully considered, and the Postmaster General has not felt himself able to accept the terms offered by the Great Northern Railway Company for improving the Day Mail Service to Clones and Enniskillen.