HC Deb 27 March 1929 vol 226 cc2437-8W
Mr. MARDY JONES

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the case of the steamship "Electrician"; and whether instructions have been issued in consequence to the Board of Trade superintendents, and what are these instructions?

Mr. H. WILLIAMS

My attention has been called to the decision of the Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate in the case of the steamship "Electrician." A note of the decision has been circulated to Board of Trade Superintendents, together with instructions that, in view of the legal difficulties involved, disputes in

the years 1921–22, 1924–25, and 1928–29, respectively?

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

The contributions by His Majesty's Government to the League of Nations in the years in question were as follow:

similar cases which may be brought before Superintendents should, so far as possible, be left to be decided by a Court of Law.