Mr. T. F. RICHARDSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the repair of a motor car belonging to the lieutenant commanding His Majesty's torpedo-boat destroyer "Earnest," on which were employed for about four days about the 31st of April in Chatham Dockyard an engineer, an artificer, and a stoker, was executed at the expense of the Admiralty or of the owner?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe officer's chauffeur was occasionally assisted by an engine-room artificer, who had just been granted re-engagement leave, and so was working in his own time. No Government stores were used, and the officer was perfectly justified in his action in the matter.