On the Postal-Telegraph class being called on at 3.15 a.m., Mr Pirani moved to report progress, saying that there was no chance of finishing the Estimates at that sitting. The motion was lost by 24 to 14. — Mr Pirani thought, considering the enormous increases of salaries being paid, the secretary of the Postal Department should be raised from £700 to £1,000, while Mr Buddo com plained that the service, which cost over £330,000, was too expensive, and prevented the introduction of a penny post into the colony. — A motion by Mr Pirani to reduce the salary of Mr Rose, Assistant Inspector of Post Offices, from £500 to £470 (an increase of £30 by two increments) was negatived by 17 to 16.— The Postmaster- General, in answer to Mr G. J. Smith, stated that telephone operators were ap pointed on the recommendation of respons ible members. There were now on the books several hundred applications from girls, but there were only one or two vacancies. — Mr Millar put in a plea for the over-worked chief messengers, alleging that they were employed from ten to twelve hours daily, without being paid overtime. — The Postmaster-General promised to look into the matter. — In answer to Mr Bell it was stated that the subsidy to the Canadian mail service would appear on the Supple mentary Estimates, provided that the House agreed to the Bill authorising the service to be entered into. — At 4.40 progress waß reported, and the House rose. When members began consideration of the Estimates yesterday afternoon they were filled with a desire to knock off all increases of salaries in the cases of the higher-paid officials, but after one or two defeats the "roar for retrenchment" subsided, and not a single reduction was made. Min isters were determined to try and force the Estimates through, and, beginning at two o'clock, they resisted motion after motion that progress be reported. After divid ing the Committee unsuccessfully twice, Sir R. Stout and Mr W. Hutchi son left the Chamber, and others subsequently followed suit, the result being that the bulk of the Estimates were put through in the early hours of the morning with nearly half the members absent. Mr Pinkerton and Mr Morrison voted against every proposal for reduction. 