§ 49. Mr. FERENSasked the Postmaster-General whether it is proposed to reduce the male supervising staff in the telegraph branch of the Hull post office; and whether the stagnation of promotion amongst male clerks in that branch has been taken into account in coming to such a decision?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Herbert Samuel)In consequence of the introduction of pneumatic tube working between the Queen Street branch office and the head office at Hull, only one sorting clerk and telegraphist is now employed at the former office, and the employment of an overseer there is thus no longer warranted. It will therefore probably be necessary to abolish an overseership on the telegraph side when a vacancy occurs. I should not be justified in continuing any post merely to stimulate promotion.