HC Deb 09 December 1902 vol 116 cc455-6
MR. TULLY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state on what grounds was Mr. Read, of Stratfan, honorary secretary of the Irish Beekeepers' Association, removed from the position of bee instructor under the Department of Agriculture.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Dover

His services at the Glasnevin Institute were discontinued on the ground that his residence in County Kildare was too remote from the scene. He still retains, however, the position of itinerant bee-instructor.

MR. TULLY

Has Mr. Horace Plunkett inquired personally in this matter, in view of the absurd appointment which has been made.

[No answer was returned.]