§ MR. C. SEALE-HAYNE (Devon, Ashburton)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether J. C. Kinsman, who has been for six years a rural postman to the Totnes Post Office, has been dismissed at a fortnight's notice in consequence of an allegation, which he denies, that he caused an anonymous letter to be inserted in a local newspaper referring to the number of miles he had to walk daily for 14s. per week; and whether the case of this man may be reconsidered?
§ * MR. HANBURYKinsman was not dismissed for causing a letter to be sent to the newspapers, but for insubordination and delegation of his duties to unauthorised persons. The facts are that some months ago the delivery was 1222 extended to 14 miles and Kinsman's wages were increased from 9s. to 14s. a week; but he was required to live at the starting point of the walk. This he did for a while, but recently he went back to Dartington to reside, and thus added quite unnecessarily six miles a day to his walk, and he also intrusted letters to unauthorised persons to deliver. For these reasons he was given a fortnight's notice that his services would no longer be required, and the Postmaster General is unable to re-employ him.