§ MR. McFADDEN (Donegal, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the Corporation of Londonderry, the Chamber of Commerce of Londonderry, the Urban District Councils of Strabane, Omagh, Dungannon, Portadown, Lurgan, and Lisburn, and the county councils of the counties in which these towns are situate, have passed resolutions in favour of a subsidiary mail to English towns by the 5. 15 p.m. train from Londonderry via Greenore, on the ground of the importance to these industrial centres and the merchants there in dealing with their English correspondence; and on what grounds is the refusal to grant a mail service from these places by the 5.15 p.m. Greenore train based.
LORD STANLEYI have received a number of memorials from local authorities in the North of Ireland in favour of the establishment of a mail to England by the Greenore route. As the hon. Member is aware, a considerable improvement in the service to England by the Larne and Stranraer route has just been carried out, and I am endeavouring to extend the benefits of this service as far as possible to towns on the Great Northern Railway between Londonderry and Belfast. I am also considering the question of giving these places a despatch to English towns by the Fleetwood route. Both the Larne and the Fleetwood routes afford a better connection with English towns generally than would be given by a service via Greenore; and when the arrangements referred to have been carried out, it will probably be found that very little, if any, advantage would be gained by the establishment of a despatch via Greenore.
§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)What would be the cost of the supplementary mail via Greenore?