HC Deb 01 November 1929 vol 231 cc482-3W
Mr. OLIVER BALDWIN

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can see his way to abolishing the corporal punishment of midshipmen by the senior sub-lieutenants?

Mr. AMMON

Corporal punishment of any kind in the case of midshipmen is definitely forbidden.

NUMBERS on Registers of the Employment Exchanges at Plymouth and Devonport, respectively, on each Monday of July, August, September and October, 1929.
Date. Plymonth Devonport
Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total.
1929.
July 1 3,440 86 300 61 3,887 1,815 64 164 49 2,092
July 8 3,300 81 321 60 3,762 1,797 60 157 48 2,062
July 15 3,118 68 326 60 3,572 1,775 63 190 50 2,078
July 22 3,169 71 321 61 3,622 1,717 60 162 42 1,981
July 29 3,258 81 326 62 3,727 1,842 80 165 44 2,131
August 5 No figures available.
August 12 3,311 91 368 61 3,831 1,860 98 194 49 2,201
August 19 3,246 82 353 69 3,750 1,860 102 198 55 2,215
August 26 3,276 91 359 70 3,796 1,847 107 204 57 2,215
September 2 3,336 94 342 70 3,842 1,846 97 186 57 2,186
September 5 3,188 92 346 82 3,708 1,861 87 174 59 2,181
September 16 3,166 80 362 83 3,691 1,849 86 175 62 2,172
September 23 3,280 92 390 94 3,856 1,865 85 207 58 2,215
September 30 3,510 83 459 108 4,160 1,905 84 223 59 2,271
October 7 3,637 93 483 102 4,315 1,890 77 242 59 2,268
October 14 3,635 86 520 108 4,349 1,903 78 264 55 2,300
October 21 3,811 84 524 109 4,528 1,904 72 234 56 2,266