§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a postman from Sligo postal district was lately brought to fill a vacancy at Lambeg in Lisburn district, although there were fully qualified men in Lisburn district; and whether, seeing that a local man carried out temporarily the duties of postman in the district for six months prior to the appointment of the Sligo postman to the satisfaction of the residents in the district, steps will be taken to insure that local men will be selected in preference to strangers.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) I am aware of the transfer referred to in the hon. Member's Question. The man transferred from the Sligo district to the Lisburn district is an established postman, and it is considered that men already holding established positions have a prior claim to temporary men or outsiders.