§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Postmaster-General, in respect to two telegrams sent to Lance-corporal W. H. Wilson, No. 1755W 269439, B Company, Robin Hood's Battalion, 7th Sherwood Foresters, British Expeditionary Force, France, one handed in at the telegraph office on Thursday, 25th April, at 2 p.m., and delivered on Sunday, 28th April, and one handed in at the telegraph office on Saturday, 27th April, at 3 p.m., and delivered on Tuesday, 30th April, both delivered too late for the purpose for which they were sent, whether, seeing that the parents of the soldier were put to unnecessary expense on account of late delivery and that letters would have been delivered as soon, he will refund the cost of the two telegrams, which amounted to 8s. 10d.?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHThe telegrams in question were duly transmitted to France on the 25th and 27th April respectively. On arrival, they would be handed to the British military authorities for disposal; and the delay they sustained was probably due to difficulty in getting promptly into touch with the addressee's unit. There appears to have been no irregularity, so far as the telegraph service is concerned; and, as all telegrams to places abroad are sent at sender's risk, there are no grounds upon which the charges could be refunded.