§ MR. STEADMANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been called to the regulations recently issued by the Postmaster General concerning the management of the refreshment branch of the Central Telegraph Office; and whether, seeing that the Report of the Committee of Inquiry stated in paragraph seven that the branch is not a voluntary organisation or a club, but a departmental organisation at which all members of the staff except supervising officials have to take their midday meal, he will make inquiries whether such an institution is in accordance with the regulations of the Truck Act?
§ MR. HANBURYThe regulations for the management of the refreshment branch of the Central Telegraph Office were approved by the Postmaster General before they were issued. The Postmaster General is advised that the institution as organised is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Truck Acts, inasmuch as there is no obligation on the members of the staff to buy their provisions from the refreshment branch, although they have to take their midday meal in the dining room.