§ MR. HEMPHILL (Tyrone, N.)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the fact that, owing to the obstruction of the station master and officials of the Great Northern Railway at Strabane in preventing free passage through their premises of persons desirous to get to the Donegal Railway, certain passengers to both Great Northern Railway and the Donegal Railway have been obstructed and refused admission to the platforms by closed doors and porters collected to keep them out; and whether he will cause inquiry to be made into this matter, with a view to preventing its recurrence.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) Yes. Sir; representations were made to the Board of Trade, and the Department entered into communication with the Great Northern Railway Company of Ireland with the object of ascertaining the facts of the case. I gather that the whole question resolves itself into a dispute about an alleged right of way, and the determination of such a matter as that rests, of course, with the Courts of Law and not the Board of Trade.