- Abolition terms given to persons reorganized out of service, 262, 263;
- premium on inefficiency, 264
- Absolute dismissal, Power of, in a public department would increase efficiency, 247-248
- Acland-Hood, Sir A., on election losses to supporters of Conservative Ministry, 9;
- on loss of seats and votes, 242, 243
- Administration, Interference of Members of the House with, 132, 135, 139-140
- Administrative acts, How answers to questions about, are framed, 278
- Allshire, W. H., Pension asked for, by Mr. Crean, M. P., 314
- Ambrose, W., disgusted at civil service pressure, 145
- Ansell, C. J., Complaint by, 286
- Applications or communications, Post Office rule for making, 319-320
- Arnold, ——, promoted by merit, 280-281
- Association of Municipal Corporations controls Parliament more than capital, 392
- Australia, Offensive officials forced out of office in, 228;
- Auxiliary staff, Grievance of the, 155
- Badcock, J. C., before Tweedmouth Committee, 167-168, 296;
- on redundant first class newspaper sorters in Post Office, 258-259;
- on squeezing through, 280;
- on promotion, 290;
- on Roberts case, 309;
- on Worth case, 312;
- on the malingerers’ grievance, 357-358
- Balcarres, Lord D. L., on election pledges, 9;
- Balfour, A. J., Anxiety of, for the public service, 199-200
- Bartley, Sir G. C. T.
48118@48118-h@48118-h-15.htm.html#Page_385" class="pginternal">385
- Charges, lower, and better service, Promise of, 19;
- irrespective of distance, 19
- Cheeseman, ——, dismissed for political activity, 183
- Childers, H. C. E., opposed reduction of charges for telegrams, 107
- Churchfield, Charles, Misrepresentations made by, 159-160;
- Citizen, Upbuilding the character and intelligence of the individual, 12
- Civil Establishments, Royal Commission on, Testimony of Sir Charles Du Cane before, on dismissal of incompetent public employees, 249-250
- Civil servants, Problem of a large body of, in a Democracy, 3;
- in revenue departments, enfranchised, 6, 96;
- organized for political influence, 7;
- culmination of demands of, on House of Commons, 8;
- on efforts of, to secure exemption from business standards of efficiency and discipline, 10-11;
- undue influence of in House of Commons, 11-12;
- danger from increasing number of, not considered, 6, 94;
- disfranchised in three departments, 94;
- G. W. Hunt on, 96-97;
- Mr. Gladstone on, 97-98;
- circularize members of Parliament, 147;
- warned by Postmaster General, 148;
- right of appeal conceded to, 148;
- campaign of education, 158-160;
- positions as, sought and retained, 161-162;
- Government compromises with, 163;
- too much political pressure from, 177, 188-189;
- disfranchisement of suggested, 178;
- concessions to by Norfolk-Hanbury Committee, 180;
- demand right to agitate, 183-187;
- Commons the Court of Appeal for, 184-185, 205;
- disfranchised at their own request, 185;
- ask new judgment on old facts, 188;
- have friends in the Commons, 190;
- Commons reminded of their votes, 196;
- pressure from, intolerable, 197, 203, 238-239;
- hosts of non-economical demands granted to, 381;
- political activities of, 382
- Civil Service should be kept out of politics, 234-236;
- a Prime Minister on the, 237-238;
- spirit of the, 331
- Executive ability, Deplorable waste of, by intervention, 318-319, 383-384
- Executive’s power of dismissal, Curtailment of, 245-266;
- power of promotion curtailed, 267-301
- Expense, Enormous increase of, 146, 151, 160-161, 180, 200
- Expenses, operating, Cost of, to State, 49;
- estimated cost of, 84-85;
- under-estimated by one-half, 88-89;
- proportion of, to gross revenue, 89n;
- augmented, 103;
- average per telegram, 103n;
- increase through raise in wages, 105
- Extension of telegraph service, 77-80;
- estimated cost of, 49;
- estimated vs. actual expenditure for, 78-79;
- effect of, unremunerative, 99
l">253; - pressure of members on heads of departments, 253-255;
- the tone in the, 277;
- stimulus of a question in the, 286;
- stands for extravagance, 360-377;
- the champion of class interests, 366;
- debates in, weaken hands of Treasury, 368, 384;
- constant pressure from, on Financial Secretary for class interests, 373-377
Hume, Joseph, W. E. Gladstone’s tribute to, as a defender of economy in expenditure, 371-374 Hunt, G. W., calls Mr. Scudamore author of Bill to acquire telegraphs, 14; - on uses of telegraph, 17;
- on estimated cost of and revenue from the telegraphs, 58;
- on the terms of purchase, 63;
- on purchase of reversionary rights, 64;
- on civil servants, 96-97
- Incompetents, Difficulty of removing, 247-257, 259;
- reorganized out of service on pensions, 262-263;
- cost of pensions to, 263;
- juniors doing work of, 270
- Indictment against telegraph companies, 15
- Individual grievances, Interference for, 303
- Industry, A ready-made, acquired, 5
- Inland messages, Loss on, in Belgium, 21-22;
- Inland telegrams, Low rates on, 21;
- Inland traffic, Attempt to develop in Belgium, 21-22;
- Inquiry, Scope of the, 3-12
- Inspection of education, 320-322
- Inspectors, Educational, Difficulties of, 321-322
- Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments named, 163-164
- Intervention through House of Commons on behalf of individuals, 245-247, 251;
- in matters of promotion, 267-268;
- by Members an obvious difficulty, 274;
- types of, 294-296;
- on behalf of individual employees, how managed, 304-335;
- special cases of, by members of House of Commons, 293-301, 313-318;
ernal">157-158;
- on civil service positions, 161-162;
- on make up of Select Committee, 162-163;
- on the Post Office for revenue, 166;
- Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to, 172-173;
- on passing over men not qualified, 279, 306
- Mowatt, Sir F., member of Tweedmouth Committee, 163, 165, 177
- Municipalities and National Government as violators of permanent interests of the people, 391-392
- Murphy, Dennis, Interference for, 297
- Murray, Sir George H., on change in attitude of House of Commons on expenditures, 366, 385
- Nannetti, J. P., questions promotion of two female telegraphists, 293-295;
- National Expenditure, Select Committee on, Evidence before in 1892, on intervention of House of Commons in Departments of State, 363
- National Joint Committee of the Postal Association, Resolution of, against the Bradford Committee, 212
- National Telephone Company, Obstacles to development by, 388-389
- National Union of Teachers, brings influence against inspectors, 321
- Nationalization of the telegraphs, 4;
- Scotch as leaders in, 5, 13;
- argument for, 13-35;
- has increased the use of telegraphs, 390
- Newnes, Sir G., Intervention by, 298
- News distributors complain about Saturday holiday, 352-353;
- other grievances laid before Tweedmouth Committee, 355-356
- Newspaper sorters, No work for first class, since 1886, 258-259
- Newspapers, Subscription charges to, for press bureau, 113-115;
- favored nationalization, 115;
- maximum rate demanded by, 116;
- yielded by Scudamore, 117;
- report of Committee on, 118-119;
- loss on service to, 119-120, 122, 123;
- messages delivered to, 124n;
- given an unprofitable tariff, 379
- Nicholson, A. S., on grievances of telegraphists, 334-335
- Non-paying telegraph offices, Guarantees required for, 99, 100-101;
- misleading tables regarding, 10
71;
- cost of the reversionary rights, 75-76;
- wires released to, 78
- Railways, Reversionary rights of the, in the telegraphs, 57;
- purchase of the, necessary, 64;
- Mr. Goschen on, 66-67;
- Mr. Scudamore’s estimates for, erroneous, 68-69;
- leases of way-leaves, 69-70
- Rates for messages, Control of, lost by the Government, 5, 91, 92;
- effect of reduction of, on increase of telegrams, 18;
- charged by British companies, 19;
- irrespective of distance, not remunerative, 28, 31-35;
- Mr. Scudamore’s forecasts on, 83-84
- Reformed Parliament, Class influence the great reproach of the, 6-7, 97-98
- Reilly, Thomas, Case of, 308
- Reorganization out of service, 262-266
- Representation of the People Bill, 94
- Reuter’s Telegram Company, Property of, purchased, 73
- Revenue, Estimated gross, 84;
- net, 86;
- proved appalling blunders, 87;
- receipts, 88-89;
- and interest on capital, 90-91n;
- net from messages, 104;
- large loss in, 109-110, 111;
- a diminished balance of, and increased expense, 146-147, 181
- Revenue Department Estimates, Select Committee on, Report on deficit in Telegraph Department, 110-111
- Revenue officers, Enfranchisement of proposed, 94;
- opposed by Disraeli, 95;
- carried by Mr. Monk, 96;
- G. W. Hunt on, 96-97;
- favored by Gladstone, 97, 184
- Reversionary rights of railway companies, 69-70;
- sum paid for, 75;
- estimate of, and cost, 76
- Richardson, ——, Case of, 290-291
- Right, The Sole, to transmit messages by electricity acquired by the Government, 5
- Roberts, ——, auxiliary postman, Case of, 308-109;
- Government should have resisted vote to cut in two, 379
Tariffs and growth of traffic, 50-53 Taylor, postman of Sterling, Case of, 195 Telegrams, Proportion of, to letters sent, 18; - tariff on, reduced by House of Commons, 91, 92;
- cut almost in two, 109
Telegraph of no use in times of peace, 37 Telegraph clerks, Lack of knowledge of technics by, 270-271; - demanded reduction of hours, 328;
- intervention for at Halifax, 348
Telegraph companies, Indictment of, 15; - proposal of the, 56;
- unpopular, 61;
- sums to be paid to, 72n
Telegraph deficit, Aggregate, 90; - Parliament responsible for, 91-92
Telegraph Department, Report on deficits in, with statistics, 110-111, 181; - not earning operating expenses, 220
Telegraph employees, Good-will of, purchased out of public purse, 380 Telegraph lines, Cost of rearranging and extending, 45, 49; Telegraph messages, and revenue from, 104-5, 111n Telegraph offices in United Kingdom, 19; Telegraph service, Extension of, 77-80; Telegraph stations, Number of, in 1865, 44; - distances from Post Office, 47;
- open to the public, 81n;
- number of increased, 104
Telegraph systems of United Kingdom and those of Belgium and Switzerland, Distinction between, 36; - comparative use of, 51-52
Telegraphists, Average weekly wages paid to, by companies, 127-128; - wages increased after transfer to Post Office, 129;
- Lord Cavendish on organized agitation by, 133-134;
- table of ages and wages of, 141n;
- Earl Compton on grievances of the, 143;
- cost of concessions to, 145, 172;
- promotion of, blocked, 153-154;
- demand of, 155-156;
- neglected to improve themselves, 157;
- false statements by, 158-Top
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