§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)To ask the Postmaster - General whether he will explain why the arrangements made by the authorities at the Central Telegraph Office, London, for the purpose of permitting Volunteers employed in that department to attend annual regimental inspections have been altered this year; and whether he will direct that the practice of last year shall be reverted to.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.). The rule is that all Volunteers on duty at the time of the inspection should be relieved and substitutes found for them by the department. No alteration has been made in the rule this year. I find, however, that some men have applied for much longer leave than is necessary to enable them to attend the inspection, and this, of course, cannot be granted.