§ MR. MCCARTANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, will he explain why the maximum, pay for second class sorting clerks and telegraphists at Dundalk post office is 44s. per week, whereas only 40s. per week is allowed to same class at Newry, County Down; whether a petition was presented by the Newry staff in April last, asking for a similar maximum to that of Dundalk; and, whether he will consider the desirability of complying with their request?
§ * MR. HANBURYThe pay of sorting clerks and telegraphists depends on the amount of business transacted at each office. A petition has been presented from the sorting clerks and telegraphists at Newry to be placed on the same scale of pay as the Staff at Dundalk, and inquiry is being made whether the business transacted warrants the higher scale.