News distributors complain about Saturday holiday, 352-53; other grievances laid before Tweedmouth Committee, 355-56 Newspaper sorters, No work for first class, since 1886, 258-59 Newspapers, Subscription charges to, for press bureau, 113-15; favored nationalization, 115; maximum rate demanded by, 116; yielded by Scudamore, 117; report of Committee on, 118-19; loss on service to, 119-20, 122, 123; messages delivered to, 124n; given an unprofitable tariff, 379 Nicholson, A. S., on grievances of telegraphists, 334-35 Non-paying telegraph offices, Guarantees required for, 99, 100-1; misleading tables regarding, 101-2 Norfolk-Hanbury Committee recommended further concessions, 179-80; work done by, 197; did not give satisfaction, 218; increased expenses from, 221 Norfolk-Hanbury compromise, 359 North, A. W., Grievance of, as to female telegraphist, 356 North, Lord Frederick, ordered civil servants to support the Government, 185 Northcote, Sir Stafford, Disillusionment of, 100 Norton, Capt. C. W., an aggressive champion of civil servants, 11; on technical examination of telegraphists, 190; moves a reduction in expenses, 201; charges Government with breach of faith, 201-2; motion lost, 205; on rights of postal servants as voters, 211-12; moved reduction of Post Office Vote, 233; on Civil Service agitation, 233-34; motion lost, 236; vote, 236n; made a Junior Lord of the Treasury, 237; intervention by, 296; for senior telegraphists, 338, 339 O'Brien, P., Intervention by, 297-98; for retirements, 339 O'Connor, James, Intervention by, 353 Official documents, List of, used as authorities, 14n Operators, Increase in number of, to meet reduction of tariff, 108 Overseers in postal service, Relief from duty of, 352 Oxford telegraph clerks secure intervention against dual duty, 346-47 Palmer, G. W., intervened for learners punished for carelessness, 315 Parliament warned against Government's estimates, 65-69, 76; enacted Purchase Bill, 72; responsible for telegraph deficits, 91-92; reduced tariff on telegrams, 91; not competent to judge, 188-89; has never an influence for economy, 320. _See also_ House of Commons Parliamentary committees, Titles of reports of, 14n Parliamentary Secretary, Duties of the, 361-62 Parties, Both political, committed to nationalization, 4 Party, Neither, in open alliance with civil servants, 7 Patey, C. H. B., on guaranteed offices, 102; on operating expenses, 103; on loss for newspaper service, 119-20, 122; on telegraph flimsy, 121-22 Penny postage precedent, cited by Mr. Scudamore, 82-83; profit from, 124, 220 Pensioners, Retired, recalled to service, 340; protest against before Tweedmouth Committee, 340 Pension system no remedy for getting rid of incompetents, 256