Mr. POINTERasked the Postmaster-General whether, in the sum of £115,030 estimated to be the cost of changes in hours of duty for postal servants, the cost of meal reliefs is included; whether this is additional to the amount expended by the Post Office on meal reliefs prior to the 1st. January, 1914; and, if so, will he state precisely what these changes arc?
§ Captain NORTONThe answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. The effect of the change is that in future a relief from duty of thirty minutes a day will normally be allowed to 1619W members of the indoor force employed on split duties. Under the old Regulations a large proportion of such duties carried no relief.