§ 73. Dr. WATTSasked the Postmaster-General if his attention has been called to the inadequate postal facilities in the large and growing district of Withington, as regards accommodation at the local post office, where the room available for business transactions is but a narrow 2041 passage in a stationer's shop, and people have frequently to stand in a queue before they can get near the counter; whether he is aware of the inconvenience caused by the early clearance of the letter boxes at 6.45 p.m. on week-days, and by the crush to post letters in the box which is placed on the 9 o'clock tram, which box is usually full before the car has proceeded half a mile on its journey; and whether he will remedy these inconveniences?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe premises now occupied were the best available when the, office became vacant, and I am assured that the accommodation for the public is adequate for ordinary requirements; the possibility of obtaining more commodious premises will not be overlooked should a favourable opportunity occur. The latest hour of posting at the Withington Post Office is 7.45 p.m., and the collections could not be made later without missing connection with the general night mails from Manchester. My information does not confirm the statement that the tram box is usually full at an early stage of the journey; but I will endeavour to arrange with the Manchester Corporation for the provision of an additional box.