§ SIR ROBERT HERMON-HODGE (Oxfordshire, Henley)To ask the Postmaster-General why it is that Goring-on-Thames counts as three words in a telegram, while Henley-on-Thames counts as one; and whether he will give instructions that in future Goring-on-Thamos shall count as one word instead of three.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) "Henley-on-Thames" is accepted as one word in telegrams under the rule which says that "all names of towns and villages in the United Kingdom are counted as one word each." Goring on Thames does not come under this rule because it is not the name of a town or village. The name of the village near Reading is Goring.