§ Mr. MACPHERSONI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that 4,000 men, or one in eight of the population of the island of Lewis, are at present on active service and practically every household in the island is represented and consequently anxious for news which, at present, especially in isolated 569 parts, arrives days late, he will allow a short official telegram to be sent to the various post offices in the island daily to be exhibited in the windows there; and whether, in view of the same facts and in view of the enormous distances wives and dependants have to travel on foot to the nearest money order office to get their allowances, he will make it possible for money orders to be paid at the nearest post office even if it is not at present a money order office?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Hobhouse)I am having inquiry made as regards both these points, and will communicate with the hon. Gentleman. I hope to give exceptional treatment to this rather isolated island.