§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)To ask the Secretary of Hate for War whether the furniture and all necessaries for the officers' quarters and mess, in Kilkenny, which were usually supplied by local firms, are now supplied from London and other outside places; and, if so, whether, in the interest of local trade and industries, he will see that the old order is reverted to, and such orders given in Kilkenny.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The furniture previously obtained locally was presumably that purchased by officers privately before quarters and mosses were furnished at the public expense, Furniture is now obtained by public tender and supplied as Government equipment to quarters and messes. I do not propose to change the system now in force.