Athenry Post Office 1884-1912-Hansard Record

Source: Hansard House of Commons Debates

POST OFFICE (IRELAND) — SALE OF POSTAL ORDERS AT ATHENRY POST OFFICE.HC Deb 16 June 1884 vol 289 cc400-1 400

BIGGAR asked the Postmaster General, Whether it is a fact that Athenry Post Office is open till nine in the evening for the sale of post office 401 orders and postage stamps but not for the sale of postal orders; and, if so, can he give any reason for the distinction?

FAWCETT in reply, said, he had written to Athenry, asking for information; and directly he received it he should be very glad, indeed, to communicate with the hon. Member.

POST OFFICE—MAIL SERVICE IN THE WEST OF IRELAND.HC Deb 27 October 1884 vol 293 c255 255

COLONEL NOLAN asked the Postmaster General, If, considering the very unsatisfactory state of the Mail Service to the West of Ireland, he could arrange to run a train leaving Dublin at 8 a.m., reaching Galway in three hours and a-half, and stopping at Mullingar, Athlone, Ballinasloe, and Athenry only?

FAWCETT: I can assure the hon. Member and others who are interested in the question of accelerating the mails to Galway and Sligo and the West of Ireland generally, that it has not been lost sight of by the Department. Negotiations are now proceeding, and directly I am in a position to come to a decision I will make it known to the hon. Members who are interested in the locality.

POST OFFICE (IRELAND)— THE GALWAY MAILS.HC Deb 01 March 1886 vol 302 c1535 1535

COLONEL NOLAN asked the Secretary to the Treasury, If any memorials or reports have been received at the Post Office stating that Tuam and North Galway have been injured rather than helped by the recent acceleration of the mails to the town of Galway, and if he would take steps to enable Tuam to benefit by the acceleration of the mails; if it is a fact that the Railway Company which leases the Tuam line only receives 19s. a-week for carrying the mails by day 16½ miles, and if the mails are carried by night at a cost of £165 by car; if it is possible to come to some agreement with the Railway by which the mails could be forwarded at once to Dublin or Tuam, instead of waiting two and a half hours at Athenry; and, if he could, at night, replace the car service by a train service to and from Tuam?

THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. H. H. FOWLER): Memorials have been received on the subject referred to, including a written statement from the hon. and gallant Member himself, and are undergoing careful examination. The existing payments for the mail service are correctly stated in the Question. It is feared that the substitution of trains for the car which conveys the night mail to Tuam would confer little, if any, postal advantage, while the cost would be undoubtedly large. But both this point and the question whether an improvement of the day mail is feasible shall be fully considered.

POST OFFICE (IRELAND)—MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN ATHENRY AND GORT.HC Deb 25 March 1886 vol 303 cc1786-7 1786

SHEEHY (Galway, S.) asked the Secretary to the Treasury, What 1787 steps, if any, are being taken to improve the Mail Service between Athenry and Gort, in connection with the “Midland” accelerated Mail Service between Dublin and Galway?

THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.), in reply, said, the Post Office was in correspondence with the Railway Company on this subject, and no conclusion had yet been arrived at.

POST OFFICE (IRELAND)—THE ATHENRY AND TUAM DAY MAIL.HC Deb 16 April 1886 vol 304 c1770 1770

COLONEL NOLAN (Galway, N.) asked the Secretary to the Treasury, If he could state if any offer has been made to the Waterford and Limerick Railway in connection with the carriage of the day mail between Athenry and Tuam; and, can he state the amount of the offer, and also if it was accepted or refused?

C. R. SPENCER (GROOM IN WAITING) (Northamptonshire, Mid) (who replied): The Waterford and Limerick Railway Company have been offered a payment of £150 a-year in lieu of the existing payment of £50 a-year for the day mail service between Athenry and Tuam, with a view to secure the improvement of hours desired by the district, but the offer has been declined.

POST OFFICE (IRELAND)—THE ATHENRY AND TUAM DAY MAIL.HC Deb 16 April 1886 vol 304 c1770 1770

MR. C. R. SPENCER (GROOM IN WAITING) (Northamptonshire, Mid) (who replied): The Waterford and Limerick Railway Company have been offered a payment of £150 a-year in lieu of the existing payment of £50 a-year for the day mail service between Athenry and Tuam, with a view to secure the improvement of hours desired by the district, but the offer has been declined.

POST OFFICE.HC Deb 06 June 1887 vol 315 cc1079-183

COLONEL NOLAN: I hope the right hon. Gentleman the Postmaster General will favour me with a reply to my question with regard to the establishment of a night mail train to Athenry and a cross-country service between North and South Galway.

RAIKES: I will answer the hon. and gallant Gentleman after we have dealt with the Amendment.

Question put.

The Committee divided:—Ayes 31; Noes 111: Majority 80.—(Div. List, No. 185.) [9.55 P.M.]

Original Question again proposed.

RAIKES: I only wish to say one word before the Question is put. In reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Inverness-shire (Mr. Fraser-Mackintosh) I will say I am conversant with the fact he has stated, and I shall be very glad to consider what he has said. At the same time, it must not be assumed that I make any promise to take any particular action. With regard to what the hon. Gentleman the Member for Mid Cork (Dr. Tanner) has said, I should be very glad if he will furnish me with some representation from the locality dealing with the matters he alluded to. The hon. and learned Member for Elgin and Nairn (Mr. Anderson) has raised a question which has been already carefully considered by the Post Office, and I will undertake to do my best to meet his views. As to the point raised by the hon. Gentleman the Member for North-West Cornwall (Mr. Conybeare), I must say that I shall be extremely glad to co-operate with the Great Western Railway Company, if it is possible to devise a method of increasing the convenience of the people of Camborne without delaying the trains. But the hon. Gentleman is aware that the interests of the people of Camborne are somewhat antagonistic to the interests of the people of Penzance. It is impossible to suit the people of Camborne without injuring the people of Penzance, unless the Great Western Railway Company will accelerate the trains. If they are prepared to do that the matter can be easily dealt with. With regard to the second-class porters and sorters, I may say that the matter has already been considered; but I will look into it again. As to the point raised by the hon. and gallant Gentleman the Member for North Galway (Colonel Nolan), I will confer with my advisers and see what can be done. I think these remarks cover all the observations which have been made, and I trust the Committee will now be able to give us the Vote.

J. ROWLANDS (Finsbury, E.): I should like to draw the attention of the right hon. Gentleman to a Memorial which has been for some considerable 1160 time under the consideration of his Department. It was presented by the London officials, who desire to be placed on the same condition with regard to holidays as the officials holding similar rank in the large Provincial towns. The officials of a given rank in Dublin, Edinburgh, and in all the large Provincial towns have three weeks’ instead of a fortnight’s holiday which the London officials have. The employés in the London Department have memorialized the right hon. Gentleman that they may be placed under the same conditions as the officials in the places I have named. So far, the memorialists have not received any answer to their Memorial. It will be in the recollection of the Committee that I have on more than one occasion asked questions of the right hon. Gentleman, in the hope that an answer might be made to the Memorial. I trust sincerely that the right hon. Gentleman will be able to promise us this evening that these Government servants shall be placed in the same position as their Provincial brethren. It is admitted on all hands that they have quite as great and important duties to perform; and, therefore, it is hard that they should only receive a fortnight’s holiday, while others in the like position receive three weeks’ holiday.

RAIKES: The matter is under consideration, and I will undertake that an answer shall be sent to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.

J. ROWLANDS: Will the right hon. Gentleman promise to answer early? It is important that he should do so, because the holidays are now taking place.

Leave in Athenry Post Office.HC Deb 26 October 1906 vol 163 c520 520

JAMES O’CONNOR (Wicklow, W.): To ask the Postmaster-General why the postmaster at Athenry refuses to give his subordinates either casual or special leave, although the regulations permit this; and whether he will take steps to see that the staff at the Athenry office get such privileges as the regulations afford them without undue local restrictions.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) I have called for a Report on this subject, and will give the hon. Member an Answer as soon as possible.

Athenry Postman’s Grievance.HC Deb 27 June 1907 vol 177 cc83-4 83

Mr. JAMES O’CONNOR: To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a postman at Athenry requiring special leave procured a duly authorised substitute, that the substitute left three 84 parcels undelivered through an error, that the postmaster of Athenry refused to allow the substitute to rectify his mistake, sent specially for the postman and made him deliver the parcels without pay, at the same time telling him that he was entirely responsible for any mistakes made by his substitute; and will he say whether a man is liable to punishment in the Post Office for mistakes committed by substitutes who have been passed as efficient by supervisors.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.): I am making inquiry and will communicate with the hon. Member.

Athenry Postmaster.HC Deb 05 March 1912 vol 35 cc341-2W 341W

Mr. DUFFY asked the Postmaster-General how many years has Mr. Owen Judge, ex-head constable, Royal Irish Constabulary, been postmaster in Athenry; what were the salary and emoluments attached to the Athenry post office during the period of Mr. Judge’s service; what pension has now been awarded him; and can he state the amount of the pension he is already in receipt of as ex-head constable of the Royal Irish Constabulary?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL: Mr. Judge was postmaster of Athenry for fourteen years and four months; his salary was £80 at the outset, and £134 when he retired. There were no other emoluments. His pension is £23 5s. 11d. a year, with a lump342W sum bonus of £65 16s. 11d. under the Superannuation Act, 1909. I have no official knowledge of his pension from the Royal Irish Constabulary.