31. Mr. T. WILSONasked the Post master-General whether men who joined the Canadian Army in Canada, but whose homes are in this country, are, when discharged from the Army, ineligible for employment in the Post Office: and, if so, will he state the reason why they are excluded from being so employed?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHThe number of ex-soldiers applying for established postman ships is so greatly in excess of the number of vacancies available that I have felt obliged to confine eligibility to men who have served in the British forces.
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHI am anxious to give those who served with the British forces the preference.
§ Colonel YATEWill the right hon. Gentleman consider specially the case of the men of the Regular Army who put down their names for employment in the Post Office before the War, but hitherto have been prevented from getting it?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHThey are being considered.