§ Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR MURRAYasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that a number of horses required for the Army were originally taken from the Howe of the Mearns, one of the best agricultural districts in Scotland, and that while surplus Army horses are being disposed of at various centres throughout the country this particular district has been ignored in this connection, he will consider the advisability of establishing a disposal centre at Laurencekirk, where every facility is available?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am informed that great care was taken in selecting convenient centres for the sale of surplus Army horses, and it was found to be uneconomical to dispose of them other than in main towns. Army horses are being sold constantly by public auction at Aberdeen and Elgin—the former being within half an hour's journey and the latter within an hour's journey by rail from Laurencekirk.