§ Mr. CHIOZZA MONEYasked the Postmaster-General if his attention has been directed to the fact that the postmaster at Northampton has asked the parish council of Earl's Barton to consent to the proposal to close the post office at that place for half a day on Thursdays, and that the council has protested against this proposal; if he is aware that Earl's Barton has about 3,000 inhabitants, and that it would therefore inconvenience a number of people, especially poor people, if it were made impossible to purchase postage stamps on part of one day of the week; and if he will consider the protest of the Earl's Barton council on the subject which has already been addressed to the North-ampton postmaster?
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§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe Earl's Barton post office has been closed from 1 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on Thursdays since April, 1911, with the consent of the parish council. The council were recently consulted about continuing the half-holiday after 5.30 p.m., but as the sub-postmaster wished to keep his shop open from 5.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. the arrangement made in 1911 has not been extended.