HC Deb 26 November 1902 vol 115 c508
MR. TULLY

I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he has received any complaints from the Secretary of the Navan Gaelic League as to the refusal of the local postal authorities to furnish him with a money order because the name of the payee was in Irish; and what steps he proposes to take to comply with the wishes of a very large section of the Irish people in this matter.

MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN

My attention has been drawn to this case, and I have caused the complainant to be informed that, as the names of the remitter and payee of a money order have to be advised from office to office, the writing of such names in Irish characters on a requisition form cannot be sanctioned.

MR. TULLY

Will not the right hon. Gentleman make some concession to Irish feeling in this matter?

MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN

I am afraid the Post Office cannot be used as a seminary for teaching the Irish language.