§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that eighty extra police were drafted into Lisburn, county Antrim, on Sunday, 17th instant, for the purpose of preserving order at a Roman Catholic hurling match at Blaris, two miles from Lisburn; and whether, seeing that Blaris is the centre of a Protestant district in which the playing of hurling matches on Sunday offends the religious feelings of the inhabitants, he will take steps to prevent the holding of these meetings at such places in future, and state on what district, if any, the cost of the extra police above mentioned will be levied.
§ MR. WYNDHAMSixty additional police were on duty at Lisburn on the date mentioned. The second Question raises an important consideration of law upon which I am consulting my right hon. friend the Attorney-General. Whether a claim will or should be made in respect of the cost of the additional police will be considered at a later stage.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)As this is a Presbyterian district, the inhabitants of which have no sympathy with the promoters of these matches, may we take it that they will not have to pay the extra police tax.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThat point is one I am going to consider.