§ MR. YOUNG (Cavan, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if he is aware that at Belfast lads under 18 years of age are employed as telegraphists in the Telegraph Department at 12s. a week on duties extending to 1.30 a.m., contrary to regulations; and will steps be taken to remedy this state of things?
§ MR. A. MORLEYIt is the case that five or six of the junior temporary telegraphists now employed in the Belfast Office are engaged on duties which extend to 1.30 a.m. This is not contrary to regulations, but the Postmaster is endeavoring so to re-adjust the duties as to exempt all youths under 18 years of age from attendance after midnight, and it is hoped that this arrangement may be found practicable for the future.