§ Sir ROBERT PRICEasked whether the Postmaster-General, in view of his public expression of thanks to the Post Office staff generally for the exceptional services rendered by them during the East Anglian floods in August last, can state the reason for withholding from the special staff of telegraphists from London who rendered assistance in the flooded area payment of the subsistence allowance proper for such work, which very largely represents the expenses incurred by this staff in the performance of those duties?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe London telegraphists have been offered a subsistence allowance at the rate of 7s. 6d. a night, which is the highest rate proper to the class of duty upon which they were employed, and nearly double the amount that would ordinarily be given to telegraphists sent to the towns in question. This allowance is in addition to substantial sums for overtime paid to the officers in question.