§ MR. WILKIE (Dundee)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that there are a number of ex-telegraph messengers at Dundee with long service as assistant postmen who are not yet appointed as postmen; and whether steps will be taken to give these men full-time appointments at an early date.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) There are nine ex-telegraph messengers at Dundee who have been employed as assistant postmen for over three years. I hope shortly to be in a position to give seven of them established appointments, and I hope that it may be possible to provide the remaining two with similar appointments at no very distant date. All of them were warned when they were nominated as assistant postmen that they would probably have to wait four years for established posts.