§ 30. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked if the Great Western Railway Company have recently altered the definition of a part-truck for the purpose of the carriage of live stock to market towns in the West of England, and thereby, to the annoyance of West-country farmers, have increased their charges for the carriage of two cows and two calves by 55 per cent. at one jump; whether the Board have any power to protect the farmers from such treatment at the hands of the railway companies; and, if so, whether he will exercise such power forthwith.
Mr. BUXTONI had not previously heard of the alteration in the definition of a part-truck to which the hon. Member refers, but I have asked for the railway company's observations on the matter and I will communicate with him after I have received their reply.