§ 50. Sir BERTRAM FALLEasked the Prime Minister if he is aware that James Horner, of 48, Meyrick Road, Portsmouth, signed on as A.B. in one of His Majesty s yachts in July, 1915, and was with the yacht when she was sunk on 16th April, and that he had shortly before handed to his officer the sum of £28, which sum was lost with the ship, the fact of which is acknowledged in writing by the officer, and that the Admiralty, Foreign Office, and Treasury decline to assist Mr. Homer or to repay the money; that Mr. Horner is now sixty-eight years of age; and if he will have the matter inquired into and compensation paid to Mr. Horner?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Dr. Macnamara)My hon. and gallant Friend brought this case to my notice in October last, and I informed him, after inquiry, that as the money lost was in the form of Treasury notes the question of allowing compensation for the loss should be addressed to the Postmaster-General, whose Department deals with compensation in such cases. The matter is now under the consideration of the Postmaster-General, to whom evidence in support of the loss is being furnished by the Admiralty from the reports of the officers under whom Mr. Horner served.