§ MR. ISAACS (Newington, Walworth)asked the Postmaster General, Whether an application has recently been made, by Henry Goodchild, for an appointment as auxiliary letter carrier in the Metropolitan District, to supplement his present income, which he has been in receipt of for the past two and a-half years, as verger in a Church of England, and that such application was refused; whether the said applicant was a police constable in the Metropolitan Police Force, and took a leading part in a movement for an increase of pay and a reduction in the hours of duty, which was conceded by the then Chief Commissioner of Police, in consequence of which Goodchild was dismissed; and, whether the refusal to appoint him an auxiliary letter carrier was owing to such dismissal from the Police Force?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)Henry Goodchild did, in August last, apply for employment as an auxiliary letter carrier in London; but, as it was ascertained that he had been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Force, it was not deemed expedient to comply with his request. Even in the absence of such objection I should, of course, exercise my discretion in making the selections for such employment from among the very numerous applicants.