§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether, in connection with the offer of appointments in the Central Telegraph Office to female learners at Belfast, it is proposed to give, on the acceptance of such appointments, an immediate increase in pay to compensate for the cost of living in lodgings in London, as compared with living at home in Belfast; and, if so, what would be the amount of such: increase.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) No,. Sir; it would not be practicable to grant, such an allowance.