§ MR. NANNETTITo ask the Postmaster General if the postmastership of Newbridge was advertised in the Post Office Circular in the ordinary way; if so, what was the date of the circular; and will he state the nature of the appointment held by the officer selected and his qualifications for a postmaster-ship.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) The vacancy was not advertised. The officer who was appointed to be postmaster was a lobby officer, who had also had long and varied experience in the Army post office in Soul h Africa.