§ Mr. ASTORasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether workmen who have been employed for less than three months in His Majesty's naval establishments will receive no payment on the occasion of the Coronation public holiday; and if so, whether, in view of his hopes that employers would take into consideration the losses inflicted by enforced holidays, he will favourably consider the advisability of paying such workmen on this occasion?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe reply to the first part of the question is in the negative.