§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General if he is aware that an officer appointed last year at the Dungannon office was started at 18s. per week, although over 20½ years of age; and, seeing that, under the Stanley revision, an officer is entitled to 18s. at 19 years of age, thus allowing him to reach 22s. at 21 years of age, will he have the officer referred to placed on this scale.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) It is the case that an officer was appointed at Dungannon last year at wages of 18s. a week although over 20 years of age. The rule that an officer is to receive 18s. at 19 years of age does not mean that in all cases he will receive more than 18s. if he is appointed at an age above 19.