§ 57. Lieut.-Commander Gurney Braithwaiteasked the Postmaster-General what is now the average period spent by surface mail between the United Kingdom and Cyprus.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingThe most recent average transit times of which particulars are available are 25 days for letter and 2139 parcel mails, but I hope that an alternative route recently introduced for letter mails will reduce this time by more than half.
§ Lieut.-Commander BraithwaiteIf I send to the Postmaster-General a statement from an authoritative source in Cyprus complaining that there have recently been delays of seven weeks—that is between the United Kingdom and Cyprus—owing to mails being casually embarked on slow cargo ships, would he be good enough to look into it.
§ Mr. PalingCertainly, Sir.