§ Mr. SUMMERBELLasked whether a vagrant law for Trinidad is under consideration which will compel anyone unemployed, however temporarily, to make a choice between immediate imprisonment and acceptance at any price of any work, however unsuited to the person's training and habits, any employer may offer?
§ Colonel SEELY:The Secretary of State is not aware that such a law is under consideration.
§ Mr. SUMMERBELLasked whether the acting Governor of Trinidad directed the December salaries to be paid on the 23rd of the month, so as to enable employees to have something for the Christmas festivities; that the General Manager of Railways paid the chief clerk and himself only on that day, delaying the paying of the porters, telegraphists, collectors, and the navvies till the 31st of that month; and, if so, will he see that the acting Governor's instructions are carried out in future?
§ Colonel SEELY:No information has been received concerning the points raised by my hon. Friend. The question, however, will be referred to the officer administering the Government of Trinidad for his report.