§ MR. THORNTON (Clapham)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that at the district office of Battersea, at Lavender Hill, there 1724 is no copy of the register of telegraphic addresses; and that there is no copy obtainable nearer than at the office at South Side, Clapham Common, which is at least one mile distant from the Lavender Hill office; and whether he will take steps to rectify this omission in order to prevent the inconvenience at present occasioned to persons using the Battersea district office for telegraphic purposes.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONRegisters of telegraphic addresses are not supplied officially for the use of the public at any post office. The copy at the sub-office the hon. Member refers to is no doubt the private property of the sub-postmaster, who allows his customers to consult it.
§ In further reply,
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONsaid he was not sure that those who had registered addresses would care to have them thrown open to the public.