§ MR. J. WARD (Stoke-on-Trent)On behalf of the hon. Member for South Nottingham, I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the principal sub-post office in Nottingham, situated on the Derby Road, was burnt down in October of last year; that the nearest sub-post office from which the inhabitants of that neighbourhood can get a halfpenny stamp or send a parcel by post is three-quarters of a mile in one direction and half a mile in another, and will he take immediate steps for opening a sub-post office in this populous centre, and thus prevent a continuance of this inconvenience.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarThe office to which the hon. Member refers was re-opened yesterday. I approved the appointment of the new sub-postmaster on 11th January, but he could not be installed until certain structural alterations had been made in the premises he offered.