§ MR. MANSFIELD (Lincolnshire, Spalding)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been drawn to the case of J. T. Walker, who for thirty-six years was sub-postmaster at Gedney Drove End, Lincolnshire, and who has been denied a pension or a retiring gratuity; and whether, seeing that although Mr. Walker had a small baking business he devoted his whole time to the work of the Post Office, he will recommend a pension or gratuity in this case.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)Mr. Walker's appointment was not such as to require him to give his whole time to the public service, and he is not eligible for any award under the Superannuation Acts.