Captain BATHURSTasked the Minister of Munitions why smallholders in the parishes of Porton and Gomeldon are being turned out of their houses and holdings at a month's notice, in mid-winter, after completing the sowing of their next year crops, contrary to the decision of his Department last summer that this should not take place; how these men and their families are to find accommodation elsewhere seeing that there are no vacant houses or cottages in the Salisbury district owing to the proximity of the military camps; and upon what basis are they to be compensated for this sudden disturbance and the loss of their crops as well as their homes?
§ Dr. ADDISONI am having this matter further examined, and hope to be able to make a statement about it in a few days.