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Post Office Girl Messengers

Volume 103: debated on Tuesday 5 March 1918

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asked the Postmaster-General at what age girl messengers are enlisted by the Post Office; whether any promise is held out to them of future employment under the Post Office; if not, whether any steps are taken to fit them for other employment by means of classes; and, if there are such classes, whether attendance at them is compulsory or voluntary?

Girl messengers are engaged, as a rule, between the ages of fourteen and fifteen. No promise is held out to them of a permanent career in the Post Office. They are encouraged to fit themselves for other employment by attending educational classes. Attendance at classes is voluntary.