§ Mr. DEVLINasked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the fact that the hearing of the evidence in connection with the arbitration as to the terms on which the Cavehill Tramways may be acquired by the Belfast Corporation is being conducted in private, the Press being refused admission; whether the exclusion of the Press has caused great indignation in Belfast amongst all sections of the ratepayers; and whether he will at once give orders that the Press be admitted to the Inquiry, and that a transcript of the official notes of the proceedings up to the admission of the Press be supplied to the Press for publication?
Mr. BUXTONThe question whether arbitration proceedings of this character should be conducted in public or in private is one that rests entirely with the arbitrator. I have, therefore, no jurisdiction in the matter.