§ 5. Mr. THURTLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India when the right hon. V. S. Srinvasa Sastri will take up his duties in South Africa as agent for India in that country; whether Mr. Tyson, the chief presidency magistrate of Calcutta., has been definitely appointed as Mr. Sastri's secretary; and whether Mr. Sastri was consulted and approved of Mr. Tyson's appointment?
§ Earl WINTERTONMy Noble Friend has no information except the references which he has seen in the Press to Mr. Tyson's reported appointment and to the expectation that Mr. Sastri would sail early this month.