§ Mr. TAYLORasked the Minister of Labour what additional words were added, by means of emergency stamping, to the form issued by his Department and required to be filled up by miner harvesters in Canada prior to their return to Great Britain; and by whose authority these additions were made?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe railway companies undertook to offer suitable employment, wherever available, before granting assistance towards the reduced passage home. In order to record evidence that this was done, they stamped on the form, in appropriate cases, the words "I refuse to accept farm employment at $ per day." No specific authority was necessary for this.
§ Mr. TAYLORasked the Minister of Labour how many men who went out to Canada this year under the special scheme for miner harvesters have returned to Great Britain the name of the ships in which they travelled; the numbers carried by each ship; and what arrangements, if any, were made by his Department for the conveyance of the men from the port of arrival in Great Britain to their homes?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDI have received information that up to 29th October 4,478 harvesters had returned. I do not know the names of the ships in which the men travelled, or the numbers carried on each ship. Men who arrived in this country without funds received assistance for the, railway journeys to their homes.