§ SIR GEORGE FARDELL (Paddington, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster 871 General, whether he can have steps taken to remedy the inconvenience experienced by residents in Sheringham, Norfolk, caused by the alteration in the postal arrangements, the effect of which is that letters coming by the night mail from London and elsewhere are not delivered until the second post instead of in the early morning as heretofore.
§ MR. HANBURYThe effect of the recent alterations in the postal arrangements at Sheringham will be to accelerate the first delivery of letters at that place, and letters posted in time for the night mail from London should be included in that delivery. The Postmaster General regrets that, owing to mistakes in sorting and to the recent temporary disarrangement of the postal service in London, some letters for Sheringham which should have been included in the first delivery have not been delivered until the second. Proper notice has been taken of the errors in sorting, and the Postmaster General hopes that the Service will be more regularly performed in future.
§ MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)Can the right hon. Gentleman give us any date when the confusion at the Post Office will be ended?
§ MR. HANBURYI can only give the assurance which the Post Office have repeatedly given me, to the effect that the confusion is over already.
§ SIR GEORGE FARDELLalso asked a supplementary question, which was inaudible.