HC Deb 06 March 1899 vol 67 cc1347-8
MR. DONAL SULLIVAN (Westmeath, S.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, is it true that telegraphic messages are transmitted from the Streamstown, county Westmeath, Telegraph Office, but not received or delivered; and if the Postmaster-General would establish a proper service, and make provision for a very important district, parts of which are 10 miles distant from a telegraph office?

MR. HANBURY

Telegrams are transmitted from Streamstown Railway Station, and are received, but not delivered outside the station premises, the railway company not having the necessary facilities. The Postmaster-General will be happy to open a telegraph office at the post office to serve the district in question, if a guarantee on the terms stated to the honourable Member on the 18th July last is forthcoming.