§ MR. M'CARTANI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether promotions from the maximum of the first-class to the senior class at the Central Telegraph Office have been accorded within the past three years to telegraphists who had only been waiting five months; and 367 whether there are telegraphists who have now been waiting over two years for promotion; and, if so, whether he will take their case into consideration?
§ *THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES,) Cambridge UniversityThe facts are as implied in the hon. Member's question. In the one case there were vacancies; in the other there are not. As soon as vacancies occur, the claims and qualifications of the first-class telegraphists will certainly be taken into consideration.