MR. SCOTTI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the fact that twenty-five servants of tramways companies have been dismissed from their employment for acts of fraud in connection with the system adopted by a number of newspapers of offering rewards of money for tram and bus tickets bearing certain numbers, and that in the same connection a child has lost its life; and, in view of these facts, will he take steps to put a stop, by legislation or otherwise, to this scheme of advertising.
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.My attention has not been called to the dismissal of employees of Tramway Companies, but, as I have already said, I regret the practice of the newspapers referred to. The question of the legality of the system is still under consideration, and I under stand that application will be made to a magistrate who recently dismissed a charge to state a case for the opinion of the High Court.