§ MR. COURTHOPE (Sussex, Rye)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether Rule 116 (iii.), contained in the book of rules for rural postmen and auxiliaries, is still in force; if so, why S. Smith, auxiliary town postman at Hawkhurst, Kent, has been deprived of his fixed Sunday allowance of 3s. 3d. during temporary absence from duty owing to an infectious disease; and, if the said rule has been altered or repealed, why the rural postal officials have not been informed of such alteration or repeal.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONThe rule is still in force, and Smith's wages were paid in full, but a distinction, which I think unsound, was made between wages and payment for Sunday duty. I have now directed payment to be made in full.