§ MR. YOXALL (Nottingham, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General if he can see his way to allow to night messengers full pay while on sick leave, and to grant them the right to earn good-conduct stripes and the accompanying payments.
(Answered by Sydney Buxton.) Adult night telegraph messengers, like other unestablished Post Office servants, receive two-thirds pay during sick absence within limits varying according to the length of their service. The allowance of full pay during sick absence is confined to established officers; and I fear I cannot recommend an exception in favour of night messengers, nor has it been thought desirable to extend to them the privilege of wearing good conduct stripes.