§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow W.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the fact that in addition to the 50 per cent. of vacancies for postmen's appointments reserved for ex-naval and military men, they are held as being eligible for a proportion of the remaining 50 per cent., if they have become assistant postmen; and, seeing that this is a breach of the regulation reserving 50 per cent, of these appointments for ex-telegaph messengers and others, will he state what steps he proposes to take.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Baxton.) The hon. Member has been misinformed. An ex-soldier becoming an assistant postman is eligible only for a soldier's vacancy on the postman's class, and nothing is allowed to interfere with the reservation for telegraph messengers of 50 per cent. in full of the vacancies as postmen.