§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, in a district of country from three quarters of a mile to three miles around Fivemiletown, county Tyrone, there is only a tri-weekly delivery of letters and parcels, the postman passing daily within a few perches of part of the district; and if he will endeavour to have this grievance remedied.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) It is the fact that in a part of the district served from Fivemiletown a delivery is afforded on three days a week only. I have made inquiry on the subject of improv- 537 ing the service, but as regards the greater part of this district it appears that the cost already incurred is relatively high, and that no further expense for increasing the frequency of the delivery would be warranted. The case is not so clear, however, as regards Altagoaghan, Tattinabuddagh, and the neighbourhood, and I am having further inquiry made with the view of ascertaining whether any improvement would be warranted in the service to those places. I will communicate the result of the inquiry to the hon. Member.