§ MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE (Bristol, E.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he will state why a number of men with unblemished character and with service ranging from fifteen to twenty-five years have, in the recent promotions in the Bristol Post Office, been passed over in favour of a junior postman.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) I am not aware to what promotion the hon. Member refers, unless it be one made in August, 1904. On that occasion, in making an appointment to the position of head postman, it was necessary to pass over a number of men who either declined promotion or were not qualified for the position.