§ MR. BRADLAUGH(for Mr. LABOUCHERE) (Northampton)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether his attention has been called to the fact (as stated in a local newspaper) that, at a ball at Ventnor last Thursday, called the Primrose Ball,
Thanks to the help of the Coastguard, who are always ready to help in these festive arrangements, the display of hunting was pretty in the extreme;and, whether Coastguards are permitted to take an active part in hanging halls with flags (some of which probably are public property) on the occasion of Primrose festivities?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)Any help in hanging flags that was rendered by the Coastguard men on the occasion of the Primrose Ball at Ventnor was unconnected with their public duties, and done in the time at the men's disposal. The Coastguard not infrequently assist in the decorations for local festivities, and I am glad that they should do so. None of the flags used were public property.