HC Deb 21 March 1889 vol 334 cc396-7
MR. MAC NEILL

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he would have any objection to lay upon the Table of the House the Government Gazette of the Cape of Good Hope, published Friday, 4th September, 1885, in which the following entry relative to Mr. O'Neil Segrave, R.M., appears:—

"Head Quarters, Colonial Forces,

"King William's Town,

24th August, 1885,

"Colonial Forces Order, No. 281.

"His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to approve of the following alterations, &c. in the Colonial Forces:—

"No. 2 Cape Infantry Regiment.

"Lieutenant O'Neil Segrave's services are dispensed with from 31st July, 1885.

"Herbert Watson Major, gentleman, to be Lieutenant, from 1st August, 1885, vice Segrave, whose services have been dispensed with.

"By Order,

P. Kenion Ffolliott, Lt. Colonel,

"Military Secretary, Colonial Services."

BARON H. DE WORMS

In answer to a question put to me by the hon. Member for Mid-Cork on the 19th instant, I read to the House the official notification in the Cape Gazette of the 20th July, 1885, that Lieutenant O'Neil Segrave's services had been dispensed with. That notification was repeated in the Gazette of the 31st August, as set forth in the hon. Member's question, and I therefore do not see any advantage in laying the Gazette on the Table of the House.