HC Deb 11 March 1902 vol 104 c1009
MR. MARKHAM

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the Colonel of the 3rd West Riding Regiment, in September, 1901, gave orders that a dry canteen should be established at Victoria West Road, because of the rates for provisions charged to soldiers by the only store keeper in that district, one Shaw, and that a dry canteen was established, when provisions were sold to the soldiers at prices 200 per cent. less than charged by Shaw; that shortly afterwards the Commandant of Victoria West Road received a telegram from a Mr. Logan, a Member of the Cape Legislative Council, claiming damages at the rate of £500 per month by reason of such store having been opened on his land; whether Mr. Logan has any contract with His Majesty's Government for provisions for the troops; and if he will ascertain if the store at Victoria West Road was in point of fact the property of Mr. Logan.

LORD STANLEY

I have no information on this matter, but it is believed that Mr. Logan has secured from the Cape Government a monopoly of the supply of refreshments at all railway stations in Cape Colony.