§ * SIR CHARLES DILKEI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, with regard to the recent strike of the electrical workers at Ponders End, and the alleged dismissal of a girl from Messrs. Swan and Edison's works for joining the Women's Union, a branch of the Electrical Trades Union, whether a reply from the Company has now been received by the Admiralty; and, if so, to what effect?
MR. GOSCHENThe Edison Company offer a distinct denial to the allegation that a girl had been dismissed from their works for joining the Women's Union, and that their Manager had stated that any girl joining the Union would be dismissed.