§ MR. J. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)To ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that three postal orders forwarded on 15th May by Mr. 1706 Patrick White, of Greencastle, County Down, were stolen in course of post; whether he is aware that two of them, have since been cashed through them Newry branch of the Provincial Bank; and whether, as the person negotiating; a postal order cannot legally acquire a, better title to it than that of the person from whom he received it, he will call upon the Provincial Bank to make good the loss sustained by the sender, especially in view of the negligence of the bank in not keeping any record of the circumstances under which the postal orders were cashed.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) I have no power to call upon the Provincial Bank of Ireland to make good the loss sustained by Mr. Patrick White, as the hon. Member suggests. The Post Office (Money Orders) Act, 1880, provides that a banker who shall have received payment for a postal order shall not incur liability to anyone except his principal by reason of having received, such payment.