§ MR. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether a memorial was received from the staff employed in the engine room of the Dublin Parcel Post Office praying that certain grievances which they allege to exist should be redressed; whether he is aware that repeated applications have been made by these men to be appointed to the established class so that they could qualify for pensions; and, seeing that men performing similar duties in England, Scotland, and Wales are appointed to the establishment and receive good conduct stripes and pay for them, whether similar treatment will be accorded to the Dublin men as regards pension, stripe pay, and hours of duty as in the countries mentioned.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINApplications for appointment to the establishment have been received from the engine room staff at Dublin, as well 842 as from the other unestablished staff employed on similar work at post offices in England and Scotland, but the Postmaster General is not in a position to make any statement as to the probability of the applications being granted. As regards the further claims put forward by the Dublin engine room hands, the Postmaster General caused inquiry to be made respecting these last year, when it was found that the claims were such as could not be justified, the applicants being already treated in all respects on the same footing as other unestablished enginemen in the Post Office service.