§ SIR A. K. ROLLIT (Islington, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether, as junior telegraph clerks are compelled to take their annual leave during the months of January, February, November, and December, he will favourably consider the expediency of confining the holidays within eight months of the year, as in the case of sorters and postmen?
§ MR. ARNOLD MORLEYI am anxious, whenever it is possible without serious expense and inconvenience to the Service, to enable the Staff to take their annual leave in the more pleasant months of the year, but I regret that in the case of Telegraphists it is not always easy or practicable to do this, as the Telegraphic business is heaviest in the summer months, and requires, therefore, in those months the larger staff.