regards Messengers the present arrangements are related to the general argument that workers who could be described as ancillary should have the same general conditions of service as those of the workers with whom they are associated. The general basis adopted for the fixing of pay governs the conditions of service. 4. The case for the introduction of a scheme of paid sick- leave in Government industrial service rests mainly, however, on the argument that as a good employer the Government should give a lead to outside industry.