§ Mr. LOYDasked the Postmaster-General whether A. E. Henley, who enlisted soon after the outbreak of the War in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and was severely wounded in the right arm at the battle of Loos, and subsequently discharged from the Army as the result of the injury and taken on as a temporary postman at the Abingdon post office, has been refused employment as a regular postman on the ground that his service with the Colours was for less than three years; and whether he will consider the possibility of giving this man the appointment he desires and deserves?
§ Mr. J. PEASEThe number of disabled soldiers anxious to obtain situations in the Post Office is likely to be greatly in excess 369W Of the vacancies available for them, and I am bound to reserve places for Post Office servants now serving with the Colours, and, therefore, I must maintain the three-year rule for the present. But the whole question is being closely watched.