HC Deb 03 August 1882 vol 273 cc606-7
MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Government are aware of the action of the Governor of Gibraltar in respect of the local newspaper, "El Calpense," the licence to publish which was revoked on the 20th ultimo; and, whether the Government approve of the action of the Governor?

MR. EVELYN ASHLEY

, in reply, said, that the Governor of Gibraltar possessed full legal power to act in the manner in which the hon. Member in his Question alleged that he had acted. No information on the subject had reached the Colonial Office.