§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether the postal authorities are aware that the delivery of the mails on the 4th, 5th, and 6th, at Rockchapel, county Cork, was nearly one hour late on each day; that correspondents in this district were unable to answer letters received on the 6th until the 9th owing to the irregular delivery and to the fact that there is no Sunday mail; whether steps will be taken to prevent a recurrence of these irregularities; and whether, in view of the many complaints of the residents respecting unsatisfactory postal service, the postal authorities will now consider the advisability of despatching the mails to Rockchapel via Newmarket, a railway station town about nine miles distant, instead of via Abbeyfeale, county Limerick, and Brosna, county Kerry, an extra mileage of forty to fifty, as at present.
§ (Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) I am making inquiry on the subject and will acquaint the hon. Member with the result.