Mr. KELLYasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Constable Glass, of Raphoe, county Donegal, is frequently sent to do duty on fair days in St. Johnston; whether the authorities are aware that this constable has a cousin in the 992W licensed trade in St. Johnston; and whether this practice has his sanction?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am informed that Constable Glass has only once during the past six years been on duty at a fair in St. Johnston. The constable has been stationed in Raphoe for the past fifteen years, and his cousin has been in business in St. Johnston, which is in another subdistrict, for the past eleven years. The constable is reported to be most energetic and meritorious, and the constabulary authorities did not consider it necessary, in the public interest, to transfer him to another station.