HC Deb 14 April 1891 vol 352 c473
MR. BROADHURST (Nottingham, W.)

I had intended to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that a shipwright has recently been placed in charge of the engines and machinery in the Bermuda Dockyard, and that the Inspector of Machinery at Bermuda recommended that an engineer should be appointed to the post; and, if so, whether he will cause an inquiry to be made into the circumstances which led to the appointment of a person who can have but little practical knowledge of the duties involved? In the absence of the noble Lord I will put the question on Thursday.

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