§ MR. BIGWOODI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is yet able to arrive at a decision in the matter referred to in the various memorials presented to the Department by the postmen of the suburban town of Southall; and whether any valid objection can be made to their humble request that they may be placed upon the same scale of pay as that existing in the surrounding offices of Hanwell Road, Isleworth, Uxbridge, Brentford, and Hounslow, seeing that their duties are similar?
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General has decided that the scale of wages of the postmen at Southall shall be raised from 16s.—1s. 6d.—22s. to 17s.—1s. 6d.—24s., which is the scale in force at the other places mentioned by the honourable Member, and Treasury authority for the change is being sought.