§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (Limerick, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a resolution, unanimously adopted by the traders and others in Abbeyfeale, in the county of Limerick, complaining of the action of the Great 1249 Southern and Western Railway Company in withdrawing the Sunday trains between Limerick and Tralee; whether he is aware that the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company ran these trains continually for years, and that by the amalgamation of this company with the former the public were guaranteed equal facilities to those heretofore enjoyed by them; and, if so, whether, in view of the loss and inconvenience caused by the discontinuance of these trains, he will take steps to have them continued.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe resolution has not been received. I understand, however, that the trains referred to were postal service trains and were discontinued because the receipts from the Post Office authorities, together with receipts from ordinary traffic, did not cover working expenses. This being so, the Department is not in a position usefully to make any representations to the company as suggested.