§ MR. DILLONOn behalf of the hon. Member for East Cork I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that notice was served upon all the licensed publicans of Newmarket to keep their premises closed from eight o'clock a.m. on Sunday, 29th ult., to seven o'clock a.m. on Monday; is it necessary that such notices must be signed by two magistrates, and was Mr. J. O. Harold, of Mallow, one of the magistrates who issued this order; and is Mr. Harold qualified to adjudicate at or act in Newmarket Petty Sessions district; and, if not, on what authority did he act in issuing a magisterial order outside the district for which he is qualified.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe reply to the first and second paragraphs is in the affirmative. Mr. Harold, being a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cork, is qualified to adjudicate or act in the Newmarket or any other Petty Sessions District in the county.