§ MR. GEORGE WHITE (Norfolk, N. W.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Thomas Shrimpton, auxiliary postman of Richmond, Surrey, who has been dismissed the service for declining to work on Sundays, or in default thereof to find a substitute without cost to the Department; and whether, seeing that this man had agreed with the Department to work five hours a day for six days a week, and that he could not find a substitute other than an established postman, whose pay would be about 3d. per hour more than that of an auxiliary, and in view of the manner in which this man has done the duty which he contracted to do for 16 years, he will reconsider his decision and re-instate him.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINShrimpton's services were dispensed with, not for declining to work on Sundays, but because, without waiting for his appeal on that subject to be submitted to me, he deliberately refused to carry out the orders of his superior officers. He was not an established officer and only employed for a portion of his time. He had no agreement with the Department, and his services could be discontinued at any time on a week's notice.