§ MR. STEADMANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he will state the reason why Mr. C. H. Garland, the local secretary of the Postal Telegraph Clerks' Association, was excluded from the deputation of telegraph clerks who interviewed the Controller on 29th June with reference to the refreshment branch?
§ MR. HANBURYI can only repeat what I said on the 4th instant. The Controller of the Central Telegraph Office told one of his superintendents that it was his wish to see telegraphists from each division, who should be generally representative of the staff. This superintendent, in exercising the discretion with which he was thus entrusted, excluded Mr. Garland. But at least two members of the association who are, it is understood, serving on the committee were included in the deputation.