§ MR. STEADMAN () Tower Hamlets, StepneyI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he can see his way to modify the rule which requires that men over a certain age shall qualify as sorting clerks or telegraphists before being allowed to sit at an examination; and whether it can be so arranged that they shall be allowed to pass the examination first, and then have a reasonable time for qualifying.
§ MR. HANBURYThe rule alluded to applies only, I understand, to postmen desiring to become sorters or telegraphists. It, is so much more difficult for men over a certain age to learn new duties that it is thought to be for their interest to require them to show aptitude for such duties before being called upon to pass the clerical examination.