§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Postmaster-General how many telegraph messenger-boys are employed at the Western District Post Office, Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, and what is their aggregate weekly cost; whether so large a number are really required; and whether he will arrange for the delivery 963W of telegrams from this and other London post offices by telephone, so as to reduce still further the number of telegraph messengers?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHSixty boy messengers are employed at the Western District Post Office, and their present aggregate weekly cost is £68 18s. 10d. The force, which includes ten substitutes for boys required to attend day continuation schools, is not in excess of the requirements of the work. Telegrams are already delivered by telephone to subscribers who have agreed to receive them by this means.