§ 53. Mr. O'DONNELLasked the Postmaster-General whether he proposes to alter the mail service which has been in operation from Tralee to Dingle for now nearly a quarter of a century, and instead of two services per day, as given heretofore, to substitute one service per day; whether, before he proposed this alteration, he considered the inconvenience and injury that would be caused to trade, and more especially to fishing, which in the Dingle district is the most extensive of any in Ireland; and whether he can furnish another instance of cutting down by more than one-half a service which has been in existence so long?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Herbert Samuel)The alterations are due to the fact that the Tralee and Dingle Railway gave notice to terminate their contract. I propose to continue to provide a second delivery of letters at Dingle and a second dispatch therefrom so long as trains are run between Tralee and Dingle at such hours that they can be used for the conveyance of a day mail bag in each direction.