§ Mr. MUNROasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that inconvenience and loss have been caused to the commercial community in Wick by the recent restriction of the hours during which postal and telegraphic business can be transacted; that the Wick Chamber of Commerce have memoralised the Secretary of State on the subject; and whether, in these circumstances, he will consider the desirability of extending the hours of business in the Wick post office, at any rate during the summer months?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELReports have been furnished to me on the subject, but I am not, so far, satisfied that any real inconvenience has resulted from the changes made about twelve months ago in the hours of business at the Wick post office, and I should not feel justified in extending them on the information at present in my possession. In a recent memorial received by the Secretary for Scotland the Wick Chamber of Commerce ask for further telephone and telegraph facilities, and I am making inquiries in the matter.