HC Deb 01 July 1890 vol 346 c467
COLONEL EYRE (Lincolnshire, Gainsborough)

I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether the postmen throughout the United Kingdom are to have a general holiday on the 2nd of July; and whether postmen availing themselves of this holiday will have to pay substitutes for doing their work?

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES,) Cambridge University

The intention is that, if possible, all officers who can be spared shall have a holiday on July 2, and those who cannot be spared shall have a holiday on some other day during the year. All substitutes will be paid by the Department.