§ MR. REDDY (King's County, Birr)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he can state why one James Ferns, of Birr Urban District, in the King's County, and a rent warner to a landlord, was appointed to the position of postmaster in Riverstown, in the county of Tipperary, having regard to the fact that this man was living outside the village in a different county and province to that in which the vacancy occurred.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe appointment to the sub-office at Rivers-town has not been conferred upon Mr. James Ferns, but upon his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Ferris. She was the only suitable candidate for the vacancy.
† See page 187