§ Mr. CHARLES CRAIGasked the Postmaster-General whether he was aware that the wages rate in Randalstown district for postmen appointed after this date had been reduced from 22s. to 21s. per week; and, seeing that in the adjoining districts of Antrim and Muckamore, where the cost of living was no higher than in Randalstown, the rate of wages had been raised, whether he would reconsider the matter?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe cost of living is not the only factor to be taken into account in the classification of offices. Careful consideration was given to all the circumstances before the classification of Randalstown was decided upon, and I regret that it is not possible to place that office upon the same scale as Antrim and Muckamore.