§ MR. LONSDALETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mr. John Dowd, of Ryefield, Elphia, county Roscommon, has complained to the police that he has been boycotted by direction of the United Irish League, and that Mr. Timothy Rorke, J.P., the United League Treasurer for North Roscommon, who is employed by the Congested Districts Board, had threatened to make it hot for him; and what action he proposes to take in this matter.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the police authorities that Mr. Dowd has not complained to the police that he has been boycotted, or that Mr. Rorke had threatened to make it hot for him. The police state that, as a matter of fact, Mr. Dowd has not been boycotted, and has not, so far as they are aware, suffered any inconvenience. Mr. Rorke is not in the employment of the Congested Districts Board, though he was temporarily employed for a short period, about fifteen days, last spring in placing grazing stock on the Board's lands. No action is called for in the matter.