§ MR. LEES KNOWLES (Salford, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether, as the Post Office authorities decline to register certain telegraphic addresses, although such addresses may have been used for many years, without the written consent of everyone having a claim to such addresses, he will take into consideration a proposal that notices should be placed in local post offices stating that particular telegraphic addresses will be registered if no objection is raised; and whether he is aware that in some instances postcards, addressed in precisely the same way as telegrams alleged to be insufficiently addressed, are delivered.
§ MR. HANBURYWhen there is more than one person of the same name in a town the practice is to require the person desiring to register the name to obtain the consent of the other interested parties, and this arrangement has worked well. It is quite possible that a postcard or letter may be delivered and a telegram bearing the same address fail to be delivered. A name which is known to the regular postman is not known to the telegraph messenger. In order, therefore, to insure the prompt delivery a telegram requires, it is important that a sufficient address should be given to admit its being delivered without difficulty or the necessity for making inquiries.