§ MR. GLENDINNING (Antrim, N.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the defective postal service in Martinstown and in Glenravel, county Antrim; whether he is aware that although both offices are within a few minutes walk of railway stations, there is only one collection and one delivery on each week day, and no service on Sunday; that letters posted after six o'clock on Fridays 1243 are not delivered in Belfast until Monday; and that letters from England or Scotland, if they arrive in Belfast or Ballymena after the despatch of the morning mail, are delayed for a day; and whether, as there is no telegraph office within eight miles, he will give instructions to have a morning despatch, an evening delivery, and a Sunday mail in addition to the present service.
§ (Answered by Mr. Sydney Button.)The postal service at Martinstown and Glenravel is correctly described by the hon. Member; but it appears, from the latest information available, that the cost of the service is already high as compared with the amount of correspondence. I have, however, directed further inquiry to be made, with the view of ascertaining whether it is practicable in any way to meet the hon. Member's wishes. I will communicate the result to him in due course.