Mr. Murrayasked the President of the Board of Trade if some arrangement can be made for miners to purchase alarm clocks, in view of the fact that these clocks are at present available in the Brandon Co-operative Society stores, but these men are unable to obtain a permit to make a purchase and as a result many 941W shifts are lost and production of coal is thereby affected; and if he will endeavour to remedy this state of affairs.
§ Captain WaterhouseOut of some 560,000 permits which have been issued, 119,000 have gone to miners. And, as I have stated in answer to previous questions, all North American alarm clocks now in the hands of traders are covered by permits already issued. From Monday, 12th June, alarm clocks may be sold permit-free. Under the arrangements which have been made for the distribution of future imports, a large proportion will go to mining areas.