§ Mr. GRIFFITHSasked the Postmaster-General the circumstances in which a sorting clerk and telegraphist from the Irish Free State was appointed to the postmastership of Liskeard; whether this officer had any postal qualifications; and the number and ranks of the other applicants?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:Under an arrangement with the Irish Provisional Government, Post Office officials in Southern Ireland remained eligible for consideration for vacant postmasterships in this country up till the 6th December 52W last. The officer in question applied under that arrangement, and was regarded as the most suitable of the applicants. He possesses good postal qualifications. There were 180 candidates who held various ranks from that of postmaster downwards.