§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he is aware that applicants for situations in the Transvaal Post Office have been informed by the Glasgow postmaster that their applications cannot be entertained; and if so, will he state on what grounds the applications have been refused.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.The Postmaster General is fully aware of the circumstance. So many officers from the Glasgow office have gone to South Africa in different capacities, that the exigencies of the service render it impossible to allow more to go at present.