§ MR. DAVID MORGAN (Essex. Walthamstow)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if, looking to the occasion and to the fact that the 26th and 27th June will be public holidays, he will direct there shall only be one delivery of letters on each of those days.
MR. SUAMES (Norfolk, S.)At the same time may I ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is now able to state what arrangements have been made with regard to a holiday for the employees of the Post Office on the day of His Majesty's Coronation.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)The arrangements on Coronation Day will be as follows : All Post Offices will be open to the public during the same hours as on Sundays and at offices (not being Town Sub Offices) which do not ordinarily open on Sundays attendance will be given from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. for the sale of stamps and registration of letters, and in the case of Telegraph Offices, for telegraph business. Town Sub Offices will be closed. There will be be only one delivery and collection of letters in the day. Friday the 27th June will be observed exactly as an ordinary Bank Holiday. In London some special arrangements will be made and these will be duly notified.