§ MR. SLOANI beg to ask the Post- master-General, whether he can now say why certain adult messengers at Belfast receive extra pay for performing Sunday work while others of the same staff receive no remuneration for Sunday work.
LORD STANLEYI have now arranged for all but one of the adult night telegraph messengers at Belfast to be given full duties carrying extra pay for Sunday work. In the case in which exception has been made no alteration is warranted. The difference in treatment to which the hon. Member refers is accounted for by the fact that hitherto some messengers have not performed a full duty and have consequently been paid under an allowance which included remuneration for Sunday work.