§ MR. J. L. CAREW (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is aware that female telegraph learners, aged between 15 and 18 years, are employed in the Dublin General Post Office in the transcription of press messages giving the details of divorce cases, and that on Monday 8th March, these learners were similarly employed in connection with a public trial for gross immorality; and, whether the Postmaster General will order that in future such duties shall devolve on the male learners?
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General is not aware of the particular circumstances referred to by the hon. Member, and he will make inquiry on the subject. But it would be extremely difficult and not conducive to efficiency to lay down any hard-and-fast line of division of the duties between the male and female staff.