§ Mr. MAURICE HEALYasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the Drumcondra link line was taken over from the promoters and constructed by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company at a cost of £400,000 with a view to expediting the transit of the mails between Amiens Street and Kingsbridge stations, and on a promise made by the then chairman to the shareholders that this line when constructed would accelerate the transit of the mails between Kingstown and Kingsbridge by half an hour, whereas, though the line has been working since 1907, no acceleration of the mails followed and they have now instead been delayed by thirty-five minutes; and whether, in his pending negotiations, he will bring these facts under the notice of the railway company?
Mr. PIKE PEASEThere is no record at the Post Office of any such promise as that to which the hon. Member refers having been made. When the mails, in December, 1906, were first conveyed over the link line the running time allowed for the morning mail train from Kingstown to Kingsbridge remained unaltered. Nor has that running time now been increased either by thirty-five minutes or any shorter period, as seems to be suggested by the hon. Member's question.