§ Captain FRASERI beg to present a Petition signed by nearly 2,000 ex-service men who are temporarily employed in a clerical capacity in the Civil Service. "Your petitioners have served the State faithfully and well for a number of years in war and peace, and have thereby got out of touch with the practice of ordinary commercial employment and with opportunities of getting such employment. Your petitioners are subject to notice to leave the service from time to time, and concurrently young persons who have other opportunities of employment are being recruited. Your petitioners humbly pray that the Members of this House will give them greater security in their employment, better opportunities for promotion, and that this House will wish to be more liberally interpreted the pledges made in this matter by His Majesty's Government."