§ MR. J. F. X. O'BRIEN (Cork)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether in making the promotions granted under the in-door revision just sanctioned for Cork, he will carefully consider the claims of the senior class of sorting clerks; and whether he will carefully guard against the passing over senior officers fully qualified to perform these higher duties.
LORD STANLEYI will carefully consider the qualifications of the sorting clerks and telegraphists in question, and will endeavour to secure that the officer who is promoted is not only fully qualified, but the best qualified, for the discharge of the duties of the higher class.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANIs the noble Lord aware that the selection of junior clerks for promotion over the heads of seniors is causing the deepest dissatisfaction at the Cork office?
LORD STANLEYAll promotions are brought before me, and, with a view to securing proper efficiency in the service, I do not select the senior men unless they are best qualified to do the work.