23 FEBRUARY 1951, Page 5

I have seen no references—though there may well have been

some—to Mr. Ness Edwards's redemption of his promise to restore late postal collections in London. When last Monday I found the time-plate on my local pillar-box replaced by a new one which showed two new collections, at 7.30. and 9.30, after the 6.30 one which has been the last of the day for years, I felt that some gratitude was due to the Postmaster-General. Anyhow. I herewith offer him mine. The convenience of being able to post up to 9.30 with the prospect of delivery by the first post the next morning over a fairly wide area is very considerable.