§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been directed to the remarks of the Chief Justice of the Transvaal in delivering judgment in the case of Hunter v. Wilson and Worthington, in the Transvaal Supreme Court, to the effect that the plaintiff had bought from Colonel Morgan a quantity of chaff for £300, which was the property of the Military, and for which the ratepayers of this country had to pay; that it had never been put up to public auction, but was sold to Hunter underhand; and that on this expenditure of £300 the plaintiff had made £1,800 profit, one-third of which went to Mr. Frank Morgan, who was Colonel Morgan's brother; and whether, having regard to the fact that Colonel Morgan was director of supplies for the whole Army in South Africa during the latter part of the war, what steps, if any, do the War Office authorities intend to take with reference to this transaction.
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERColonel Morgan has instituted proceedings against the London newspaper which commented on the remarks made by the Chief Justice of the Transvaal in connection with this matter. No action, therefore, will be taken by the War Office until the case is decided in Court.