§ 33. Mr. P. MEEHANasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Great Southern and Western Railway Company of Ireland have advanced the through rates from towns on the old Waterford and Central system to Liverpool to a far greater extent than the increase in sea freightage justified; whether he is aware that the Great Western Railway Company of England refused to allow the Irish company to increase the through rates on goods passing over the system of the Great Western Railway of England; and whether he will take any steps to prevent Irish traders being mulcted in through rates by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company of Ireland?
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill,
§ Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Orders confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
§ Bill to be read the third time To-morrow.
§ Imperial Continental Gas Association Bill [Lords],
§ Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table.