§ MR. CHARLES DEVLINI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the inconvenience caused to the public in Galway City by the want of an intermediate telegraph office, the present ones being at least one mile apart; and whether he will take steps to establish one in connection with the present sub-office in Dominick Street.
LORD STANLEYMy attention has not previously been called to this matter, but it was considered by one of my predecessors in 1902, and he came to the conclusion that a telegraph office was not warranted in Dominick Street as the total telegraph business of Galway was not large, and the head office was within half a mile. I regret that I am unable to take a different view.
§ MR. CHARLES DEVLINIs the noble Lord aware that the business has considerably developed since 1902?
LORD STANLEYI do not think it has. I inquired into that, and still hold that my predecessor's decision was right.