§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state under what circumstances the usual authority to issue cheques has been withheld by the Holywood District Council, county Down; whether the workmen engaged by the council are still in the employment of the council and receiving wages; and what steps the Local Government Board has taken in the matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Board has no information beyond that given at the meeting of the district council held on the 7th instant, nor has it any jurisdiction to intervene in the matter.
§ MR. MACVEAGHThen has the Local Government Board no jurisdiction over bodies which decline to pay the wages of their servants?
§ MR. WYNDHAMit has no jurisdiction in this matter.