§ MR. REDMONDasked the Postmaster General, Whether it is a fact that Mary Henion, who has held the office of postmistress in Arran Island for the last twenty years, has been dismissed in consequence of her son being arrested under the Coercion Act; whether during her long service she fulfilled her duties to the satisfaction of the Post Office authorities; and, whether her summary dismissal because of the suspected wrong doing of her son has been sanctioned by him?
§ MR. FAWCETTIn reply to the hon. Member, I have to state that it is not the fact that Mrs. Henion, postmistress of Arran Island, has been dismissed in consequence of the arrest of her son under the Coercion Act. For some time past the duties of the Arran Island Post Office have not been conducted in a satisfactory manner; and it is on this account, and not on account of the son's arrest, that the office has been placed in other hands.
§ MR. REDMONDDid the dismissal come immediately after the arrest?
§ MR. FAWCETTIt came after; but I had had the matter under consideration for some time.