§ Mr. GRATTAN DOYLEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the dissatisfaction which is being caused In Newcastle-upon-Tyne and district by the delay on the part of the North-Eastern Railway Company in handling perishable and other goods, particularly at the Forth goods station; whether he has already received complaints that the Newcastle Forth station has been closed for several weeks at a stretch against merchandise from all parts of the United Kingdom; whether all kinds of commodities for the people and for industrial purposes being thus held up is creating an artificial scarcity, dearness of prices, and much unemployment in the distributive trades; and whether some immediate action can be taken to improve this state of affairs'!
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANMy righthon. Friend has received representations from the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation on this matter, and is making inquiries.