§ Mr. HARRY LAWSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company has been registered as The Official Press Service, Limited; whether its publications are issued by the Government or if they are in any sense official; if not, whether he has any power to compel the company to change the title; and, if not, whether he can take any steps to prevent the public being in any way misled by such title?
Mr. RUNCIMANA company was registered in October, 1911, under the title of Official Press Service, Limited. The publications of the company are not issued by the Government, nor are they in any sense official. The company, I am told, issues a sheet which contains advertisements and is distributed in grocers' shops. Under the Companies Acts, the Board of Trade have no power to compel a change of title, but I do not think that there is any great danger of the public being misled into thinking that the sheet emanates from the Press Bureau or in any other way has an official character.