§ Mr. NANNETTIasked the Postmaster-General what is the cause of the delay in filling up the vacancies for overseerships in the Dublin telegraph office; and will he see that the appointments are expedited and the class brought up to its normal strength?
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONThree vacancies for overseers in the telegraph office at Dublin have recently been filled. No others exist.
§ Mr. JAMES O'CONNORasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that Mr. M. J. M'Conn has been discharged from the Dublin Post Office, although employed as temporary and full-time postman since 1894; and, seeing that his 15 years' good service gives him a claim to better treatment than being discharged without any gratuity while able and willing to perform his duty, whether an appointed post can be offered to Mr. M'Conn?
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONI am having inquiry made as regards Mr. M'Conn.
§ Mr. NANNETTIasked the Postmaster-General if he is aware, that the junior superintendent in the Telegraph Office, Dublin, is frequently guilty of discourteous conduct towards the staff; is he aware that the staff has complained both 2441W verbally and in writing of this officer's conduct, and will he see that some improvement in his manner takes place; can he say what qualifications, technical or otherwise, did this officer possess when promoted to his present rank; and if the Controller had occasion, in the presence of the staff, to censure this officer for his methods of supervision?
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONI have received no complaint upon this subject.