§ MR. A. ROCHEI bog to ask the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been drawn to the probability of vacancies occurring in the female operators' staff attached to the telephone department of the Cork Post Office in the immediate future; and, if so, will such vacancies be open to competitive examination and due notice given as to date of examination.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI am not aware that vacancies are probable in the near future, but in any case I have no reason to substitute open competition for the present method of appointing telephone operators at Cork.