HC Deb 06 December 1922 vol 159 cc1828-30W
Mr. MACPHERSON

asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the general dissatisfaction in the Highlands of Scotland because pre-War postal facilities have in so many cases not been restored; that letters from one place in Ross-shire to another, only 12 or 14 miles apart, with a railway service between them, e.g., Rosemarkie and Dingwall, take as long, if not longer, in delivery as a letter addressed from Inverness to London; that a letter posted in Rose-markie on Saturday night at 8.30 is not delivered in Dingwall till Tuesday morning at 8.30 a.m., and this is causing great inconvenience to merchants and agriculturalists in the county; and will he take immediate steps to institute an efficient postal service in this part of the country?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I will have inquiry made and will write to the right hon. Member.