§ MR. BAIRD (Glasgow, Central)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, 130 as representing the Postmaster General, whether, seeing that the Post Office Circular of the 18th March last contained a notice to telegraphists inviting applications for vacancies in the postal service of the Transvaal Colony, he will explain why, with this circular, a notice was posted in the Telegraph Department of the Glasgow Post Office intimating that the circular notice did not apply to the Glasgow Office; whether the Postmaster General is aware that many telegraphists at Glasgow are anxious to join the Transvaal service, and what is the reason for their being debarred from applying for vacancies.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.The notice intimating that the circular notice in question did not apply to the Glasgow Office was posted because, as stated in the House last Tuesday, so many officers from the Glasgow Office have gone to South Africa in different capacities that the exigencies of the service rendered it impossible to allow more to go at present.