HC Deb 05 May 1914 vol 62 c136W
Mr. JOWETT

asked the Secretary to the Treasury if Custom House officers are rendering assistance at Dartmouth to the coal shipping companies in connection with a trade dispute between the said companies and their coal lumpers by boarding steamers outside the river and informing the captains of the steamers of a dispute and influencing them to divert their steamers to other ports; and, if so, will he caution the Custom House officers referred to against taking any part in connection with trade disputes, either on one side or the other?

Mr. MONTAGU

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative; the second part, therefore, does not arise.