§ MR. WALROND (Devonshire, Tiverton)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General if his attention has been called to the fact that the post office at Hatherleigh, Devon, has recently been moved into a building occupied by a political club; that the postmaster is an official of the said club, and that there is direct communication between the premises of the club and the post office, and that the postmaster is authorised to deal in liquor; and whether he will endeavour to find other premises for this post office.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Sydney Buxton, Tower Hamlets, Poplar)The hon. Gentleman has been misinformed. The post office at Hatherleigh is not in a building occupied by a political club; the sub-postmaster is not an official of such a club, and there is no direct communication between the post office and the club. The sub-postmaster is a chemist and holds a licence for the sale of wines and spirits in sealed bottles only. I do not consider this sufficient reason for moving the post office to other premises.