§ Petition of the Great Western Railway Company, the London and North-Eastern Railway Company, the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, and the Southern Railway Company, under their respective Common Seals, praying for leave to introduce a Bill to empower the said companies to give guarantees and to make financial and other arrangements in connexion with, or arising out of, the acquisition by Hay's Wharf Cartage Company, Limited, of the share capital of Thomas Cook & Son, Limited, and for other purposes, together with a copy of the proposed Bill annexed thereto:
§ Read, and referred to the Examiners.