§ MR. BROADHURST (Nottingham, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State of War whether it is true that mechanics who bad left their employment at Woolwich Arsenal, and who had obtained work at the Small Arms Factory at Enfield for the purpose of bettering their condition, have been discharged from Enfield at the instigation of the Woolwich Arsenal Authorities; and, if so, whether he will cause an inquiry to be made to ascertain what justification there is for such action on the part of the officials?
§ *MR. E. STANHOPEFive men have been discharged from Enfield for violating a necessary rule of old standing, which requires that a workman shall not leave one of the Government Ordnance factories for the purpose of obtaining work in another without first obtaining the sanction of his superintendent.