§ 79. Mr. MACQUISTENasked the Postmaster-General whether, seeing that in appointing medical officers to the Post Office the three qualifications stated to be required are professional skill, service in the War, and length of residence, why in a recent appointment made in Dunoon some of these desiderata were ignored and 944 an appointment made on apparently other grounds, and contrary to the ballot of those members of the postal service who were to have the benefit of the medical man's services?
§ Viscount WOLMERThe qualifications mentioned by my hon. Friend are not the only factors taken into consideration. The medical officer appointed at Dunoon had previously been Post Office Medical Officer at a neighbouring office, and was familiar with the official requirements; and his professional qualifications were of a high order. He was regarded as the most suitable of the candidates for the post.