§ MR. STEADMAN (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Post- 119 master General, if he is aware that the hoot allowances which postmen at present serving in South Africa would have received had they remained at home is being withheld; and whether he can see his way to direct that the money shall be paid over to the men's wives instead of being retained by the Department until the men's return.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HANBURY, Preston)The matter is not one over which the Postmaster General has any control; but it is understood that the payment made under the directions of the Secretary of State for War out of Military Funds to the wives of men withdrawn from civil employment for service in South Africa is limited to one-half of their actual weekly wages, and does not extend to allowances such as that referred to in the question.