§ MR. CHARLES CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the South Galway executive of the United Irish League, at a meeting held on Sunday, 10th March, ordered the herd on the farm of Patrick Raftery, at Knockrow, Kilchreest, county Galway, not to work any longer for his master, because Raftery had taken the farm from which a former tenant had been evicted; and whether he will see that the herd in question has ample protection in case he continues to work for Raftery.
§ MR. T. L. CORBETTIs this the branch of which the Parliamentary Secretary of the Local Government Board is a member, and have any other members of the Government joined it?
§ MR. BIRRELLI only know what appears in the papers. I read it that the branch referred to was at Peckham. A report has appeared in a local newspaper to the effect that Mr. Raftery's herd was to be asked to cease working for his master, but the police authorities have no information that this alleged intention has been carried out. The police will afford due protection to the herd if any necessity should arise.