§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR) (Wicklow, W.To ask the Postmaster General whether, in view of the statements of the late Controller of the Central Telegraph Office that the only qualifications for entry into the senior class of telegraphists were good conduct, seniority, and manipulative ability, he will explain why a telegraphist has been promoted over the heads of thirty of his fellows; and whether, in view of the repeated assurances that the conditions of entry into the senior class have remained unaltered since 1881, he will state if the men passed over are good conduct and possess manipulative ability.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) I must ask the hon. Member to refer to the answer given by me to the Question of the hon. Member for Hoxton on 13th of this month,† to which I have nothing to add.