§ MR. EVELYN CECIL (Aston Manor)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to an advertisement inserted by the British office of the Continental Tyre and Rubber Company of Germany in the Motor Trader of the 1st April last, depicting two large Union Jacks surrounding one of the company's tyres; and whether with a view to preventing this use of the national flag, the real object of which can only be to mislead customers into believing that these foreign-made goods are goods of British manufacture, thus withdrawing employment from British workmen, he can see his way to take any steps to prevent a reproduction of this advertisement, or else require that a design of German flags should be substituted for the British.
§ MR. KEARLEYYes, my attention has been called to this advertisement, and 1096 if the hon. Member will bring before me any further information in his possession relative to the matter in question, the Board of Trade will at once consider whether they are in a position to take any steps under the Merchandise Marks Act.