Captain TERRELLasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the post office at Watlington, Oxfordshire, was on and from 1st May closed for receipt of parcels at 6.15 p.m. instead of 7.0 p.m., and the letter box cleared at 6.20 p.m. instead of 7.45 p.m., and that such earlier times of closing and despatch is causing much inconvenience and dissatisfaction: and the reasons for this curtailment of the public convenience?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYThe recent change in the time of posting for the night mail at Watlington, Oxfordshire, is connected with an extensive re-arrangement of the postal services in the district, which has made it possible to introduce desirable improvements, and at the same time to secure a substantial reduction of expenditure. The latest time of posting is now 6.30 p.m. (not 6.15 p.m.), about 15 minutes earlier than before the War, and is approximately the time adopted for other places of similar importance in the district. The post office remains open until 7.0 p.m