§ MR. GODDARD (Ipswich)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been called to a petition, submitted in June, 1900, from the Postal Telegraph Clerks' Association, alleging that telegraphists with five years service are underpaid; and whether an answer can now be given to the petition.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINYes, Sir. The attention of the Postmaster General was called to the petition referred to, and he subsequently consented to receive a deputation from the memo- 1334 rialists in order that they might make further representations, and be furnished with his reply upon certain questions raised in their memorial. The question respecting memorialists with five years service, which had already been settled in accordance with the recommendations of Lord Tweedmouth's Committee, was not regarded as open to discussion; indeed, the Postmaster General informed the deputation to that effect.