§ Mr. KEIR HARDIEasked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention had been called to an advertisement appearing in British newspapers asking for 1,000 coal miners for the Dominion Coal Company's mines, Nova Scotia; whether he was aware that an industrial dispute between this company and its employés had been in progress for the past nine months and was still unsettled, and that as a consequence the workmen were locked out or on strike; and what action he proposed to take to warn intending emigrants of the facts of the case?
§ Colonel SEELYMy attention has not previously been called to the advertisement in question. But the existence of the dispute had been known to the Emigrants Information Office since it began in July last, and reference to it had been made from time to time in the publications issued by that office. In the Canada Circular dated 1st April issued by the Emigrants Information Office a description of the present situation is included, and coal-miners are warned against going to these mines in search of work at the 419 present time. A similar reference is made in a circular which has been sent by the Emigrants Information Office to the Press.