§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDY (Cavan, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General what would be the extra cost, if any, of an evening mail service via Greenore to London, the Midlands, and South of England.
§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYTo ask the Postmaster-General whether he has received a resolution from the Omagh Urban District Council praying for an evening mail service via Greenore to London, the Midlands, and South of England; and whether, in view of the fact that this arrangement will confer a great boon upon the towns between Derry and Dundalk, on the Great Northern Railway, and can be carried out 357 without altering existing arrangements, he will grant this concession.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) The actual additional cost of the suggested service cannot be stated, but the conveyance of each bag would have to be paid for, and there would also be special expense for bringing the bags from Euston Station to the General Post Office, besides the cost of station service in respect of many of the bags to provincial towns. I have received the resolution from the Omagh Urban District Council referred to in the second Question, but, as the hon. Member is no doubt aware, a considerable improvement is about to be carried out in the service from the North of Ireland to England by way of Larne. As regards the towns between Derry and Dundalk, I am now making inquiry as to the improvement which can be affected.