§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the mail delivery to Mountmellick, due at 9 a.m., has not arrived latterly until 12 o'clock noon; and whether he will take steps to prevent this irregularity.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINDuring the last two months the day mail has on eight occasions been late in arrival at Mountmellick owing to irregularity in the service from London to Dublin. In most cases the delay was unavoidable, but on one occasion the railway company appeared to be in fault. I am considering an arrangement which may perhaps reduce the risk of delay to the mail service on Thursday mornings when mails for America are conveyed. Everything possible will be done to maintain the regularity of the service.