§ MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he is aware that the Rathmines Post and Telegraph Office is the local Freeman's Journal office; and, if it is consistent with the rules of the Public Service that the telegraph clerks should be employed in the sale of Nationalist newspapers?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.)Perhaps the hon. Member will allow me to answer the Question. The postal telegraph office at Rathmines is a receiving office, the keeper of which carries on a private trade, and, I believe, is agent for the sale of The Freeman's Journal. There are no postal or telegraph clerks employed there, the receiver being his own servant. The Post Office regulations do not prevent receivers from being newspaper agents.