§ MR. ARTHUR MOORE (Londonderry)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether his attention has been called to the fact that the mails have missed the connection at Limerick Junction on four days last week and three days this week, thereby disorganising the postal service over the greater part of South Tipperary and the important towns of Clonmel, Cahir, and Carrick-on-Suir; and what steps the Post Office intend to take in this matter.
§ MR. HANBURYThe mails from England on three occasions last week, and on three occasions this week, missed the 1485 connection at Limerick Junction. In one case the delay was caused by the breakdown of the engine of the London and North-Western mail train. In the other cases it was due to the large amount of passenger traffic for Ireland, which rendered it necessary for the train to Holyhead to be run in two parts. The duplication of this train has been much more frequent since third-class passengers have been conveyed by it, and whenever it is duplicated the second part is always late in arriving at Holyhead. The railway company have been urged to further consider the matter and provide a remedy.