§ MR. STEADMANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been called to the fact that the private telegraph companies have granted bonuses to their staff in commemoration of the Jubilee year; whether he will state what steps he will take to recognise this event among the staff of postal telegraphists; and whether he is prepared to recognise the exceptionally heavy work of the past year in a similar manner?
§ MR. HANBURYSome of the private telegraph companies have granted bonuses to their staff in commemoration of the Jubilee year, but there seems no adequate reason for recognising the event among the postal telegraphists any more than among the rest of the Post Office staff. All extra duty performed by the staff during the year was paid for as overtime, the rate for which is on a liberal scale.
§ MR. STEADMANIs it not a fact that the Post Office telegraphists had their maximum of salary reduced by £30 a year during the Jubilee year?
§ MR. HANBURYNo, Sir; I do not agree with that statement at all.