§ Mr. SUMMERBELLasked the Postmaster-General whether, last Christmas, school teachers and others in regular employment were given preference over suitable unemployed for the season pressure 1810 owing to their greater geographical knowledge; and, if so, whether he will direct that the terms of his instructions to officials, that suitable unemployed are to be given preference over those already in employment, shall be fully carried out?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Sydney Buxton)I have recently issued special instructions that wherever possible unemployed suitable for the work are to be engaged for Christmas pressure in preference to other persons, and I have no reason to suppose that the instructions will not be duly complied with.