§ MR. BAYLEY (Derbyshire, Chesterfield)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a rural postman named Michael Ganby, at Whitehall, Tarnonbarry, Ireland, is receiving a wage of only 5s. 6d. per week; and will he state the number of English miles comprising this postman's round, whether it is a six or a seven days delivery, and whether it is according to the authorised scale in Ireland.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI understand the hon. Member to refer to Michael Ganby, who is employed on the Cloonmore delivery, Whitehall, Longford, and that this is the case to which he referred on a recent occasion when he said that he knew the case of a postal letter-carrier in Ireland who had 1575 to walk twenty miles a day, seven days a week, for which he received a salary of 5s. a week. The facts are that Ganby is employed for six days a week. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays the length of his walk is 7½ miles; on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays it is 6¾ miles. On the three former days his postal work occupies two hours and twenty-five minutes; on the three latter it occupies two hours and twenty minutes. The rest of his time is at his own disposal. He is, I understand, a small farmer. For his postal work he receives 5a. 6d. a week, which is in accordance with the authorised scale.
§ MR. FLAVIN (Kerry, N)Will the right hon. Gentleman recommend this man for outdoor relief?
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINNo, he is a farmer and does not need it.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL; Give him a company directorship.