Mr. POINTERasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to an oil company, No. 1,509, registered in Trinidad on 1st June, 1910, with a capital of £200,000 in £20 shares; whether among the seven original shareholders are Mr. Gordon Mazeley, clerk to the Hon. R. S. Aucher Warner, then acting Attorney-General, and Mr. W. A. Murray, clerk to the Hon. L. A. Wharton, then acting Solicitor-General; whether neither Mazeley nor Murray were in receipt of a salary exceeding £100 per year; and, if so, will he cause inquiry to be made with a view to ascertain whether they are mere figure-heads, or whether in reality they were used to cover up the fact that officials of the Government were using their official positions to further private financial transactions?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Harcourt)I have no information as to the company alluded to. Even if the facts are as alleged, they do not warrant the inference suggested in the last part of the question, but as my hon. Friend has raised the point I will refer it to the Governor for his report.