§ MR. MACDONALDI beg to ask the Postmaster General if he will explain on what grounds male clerks of the Central Telegraph Office, with 18 to 20 years' service, are now granted one calendar month's annual leave, whilst female clerks, whose service extends from 20 to 30 years, have three weeks only, although the duties performed by some of the female clerks are superior to those done by the males who enjoy this privilege?
§ MR. A. MORLEYThe explanation of the difference is this: The female telegraphists, unlike the male telegraphists, do not, as a rule, perform Sunday duty, nor do any of them take any share of night duty. The amount of annual leave is not dependent on the length of service.