§ MR. GORDON) (Londonderry, S.To ask the Postmaster-General whether it is a rule of the Post Office service that officers senior in point of service take precedence over their juniors; whether he is aware that, on the day mail sorting carriage running between Londonderry and Portadown, the Portadown officer is always placed in charge, although frequently he is the junior of the staff engaged; if so, whether he can state the reason for this departure from the usual practice; and will he give directions that it should be discontinued.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) I have no information on the subject of the hon. Member's Question, but I will make inquiry on the subject, and let him know the result.