§ Mr. FLETCHERasked the Postmaster-General if he has received a petition, extensively signed by traders and residents in and near the Finchley Road, pointing out that the present facilities at the local post offices are inadequate; will he consider the expediency of establishing in the Finchley Road a post office for South Hampstead for postal and telegraph busi- 520W ness only; and will he arrange for an earlier delivery of letters in the morning?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELA petition has been received, but I cannot agree that the present facilities at the local post offices in and near the Finchley Road are inadequate, and I do not therefore consider it expedient to establish a post office in that road on premises devoted to post office work alone. As regards the morning delivery of letters in the locality in question, I find that, as, under normal conditions, it is completed within the authorised time, I should not be justified in incurring additional expense for the purpose of acceleration.