§ 11. Mr. LANSBURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that a press telegram handed in at the Fleet Street Post Office at midday on the 23rd January by the representative of an Indian press agency was not delivered at Bombay until three days later and was received on an Indian telegraph form instead of an ordinary cable form, and that during transit an important portion of the cable was cut out; and will he explain the cause of delay in delivering and by whose authority a portion of the cable was cut out?
§ Earl WINTERTONI have no information regarding the talegram referred to in the question. The recipient should address his complaint to the authorities in India.
§ Mr. LANSBURYIf I place the particulars before him, will the Noble Lord take the matter up?
§ Earl WINTERTONI will consider that point, but I think the proper procedure would be for the recipient of the telegram to address his complaint to the 5 authorities in India. The telegram may have been held up for a variety of reasons—on account of the weather, or under the Telegraphs Act. There is power under Section 5 of that Act to hold up a telegram. The matter can be taken up in the Assembly in India. The members of the Assembly are always ready to take up the grievances of their constituents.