§ MR. SEXTONI beg to ask the Postmaster General what is the cause of the delay in granting the extra mail guards, appointed on the limited mail service in Ireland, their permanent appointments; whether these officials are now four years doing the duty of mail guards on the limited mail service, and whether some of them have 16 or 17 years' good service; and why they have not as yet been supplied with mail guards' uniforms in substitution for those of letter carriers?
§ * MR. RAIKESThe appointment of mail guards has long been discontinued. The men to whom the hon. Member refers are postmen. The travelling duty is much sought after, as the postmen, in addition to their wages as such, receive while performing it a trip allowance.