asked the Postmaster-General whether he will state the reasons for the exceptional promotion of a junior assistant superintendent in the cable room, Central Telegraph Office, to the post of superintendent, higher grade, passing over all senior officers in his own grade as well as the whole grade above; whether he is aware that the selected officer has been an assistant superintendent for only 17 months; that he was not on the acting list and has performed no higher duties; that this is the second case of the kind in the Central Telegraph Office within a few weeks; and that grave apprehension has been caused by this further departure from the recognised methods of promotion?