§ MR. JAMES O'CONNORI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to statements made by Mr. Fletcher Moore, D.L., when presiding at Blessington Petty Sessions on the 16th of May, to the effect that the Blessington magistrates had on the 4th of April refused to grant a licence to the canteen at the Kilbride Camp, county Wicklow, on grounds considered by the magistrates to be adequate and reasonable; and that subsequently the order for the licence was signed and granted by two magistrates, namely, Sir Henry Cochrane, who resides in Bray, a long way outside the Blessington district, and by Mr. James Shanks, who is not a 626 magistrate for the county Wicklow; and, if so, will he say what action does he intend to take in the matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMMy attention has been directed to this case, the facts of which are accurately stated. The question of the jurisdiction of one of the two justices named to grant a canteen licence in a county for which he is not a magistrate is under consideration, and I would ask the hon. Member to postpone the Question for a few days to enable me to make further inquiries.