Mr. PRESTONasked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been recently called to the increasing losses of pigeon fanciers and breeders by aerial wires: and what steps he is taking to reduce those losses?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONI understand that the risk is mainly confined to wireless aerials in the immediate vicinity of pigeon lofts, and that pigeon fanciers and their societies frequently appeal to the owners of such aerials to have them fitted with corks. The societies have informed me of a few cases in which their appeals have been unsuccessful, and I have endeavoured to assist them by communicating with the persons concerned.