§ Mr. Dobbieasked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the practice existing in certain localities whereby men who are in receipt of pensions are being employed as auxiliary postmen while unemployed men capable of doing the work are being denied the opportunity of such work; and will he give the House an assurance that this practice will be stopped?
§ Captain WaterhouseEmployment as an auxiliary postman is part-time and the wages are not intended to be the sole means of subsistence. Preference for employment is therefore given to men who have some other suitable occupation which, with their duties as auxiliary postman, will give a fair day's work, or who have other means of livelihood, such as a pension. A large number of the men are ex-service men in receipt of long-service or disability pensions. This practice is, in my opinion, right, and I see no reason to discontinue it.