§ DR. TANNERI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Report is true that the Military Authorities at Spike Island have agreed to send a company of soldiers to act as porters for the Great Southern and Great Western Railway Companies of Ireland, at the Queenstown terminus, to replace the employés of the company on strike; and, if so, whether such employment of soldiers has the sanction and approval of the War Office?
§ *MR. E. STANHOPEI have no information on the subject; but I have telegraphed to Ireland to ascertain the facts.
§ DR. TANNERI should like to ask the Attorney General for Ireland, or the Chief Secretary, whether the Central News report is correct that the afternoon passenger train for Dublin has been despatched by soldiers?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have no information on the subject.