§ MR. HOWELL (Denbigh Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is aware that the pillar box at the corner of Rhosddu and Grosvenor Roads, Wrexham, was recently closed to public use for five weeks for the execution of some small repair; and that, although the necessary work might have been done locally in a few hours, the defective portion of the box was sent to Shrewsbury for repair; and whether in future some course will be adopted which would prevent such public inconvenience?
§ MR. HANBURYIt is true that the letter box in question was closed to public, use while the aperture plate, which was broken, was sent to the makers for repair, and I am afraid that there was some unnecessary delay in returning it. I can only express regret for the inconvenience so occasioned. It is not necessary, however, to change the present system, which admits of repair being made locally when practicable.