1. Has any person been appointed Fishery Officer for Isle Madame, or for Isle Madame and the western portion of the county of Richmond, Nova Scotia? If so, who accepted such appointment?

2. Was a Qualifying examination set for applicants for such position? If so, how many wrote such examination?

3. Did any returned soldiers belonging to the county of Richmond write such examination? If so, what are their names?

4. Has any request, been made by returned soldiers for another examination?

5. What are the names of the returned soldiers, if any, who made such request, and on what ground was it refused?

6. Why has not a resident of Richmond county been given the appointment?

1. Yes, Albert E. Thurgood, a returned soldier, previous appointees declined the position, Mr. Thurgood has not yet advised the commission of his acceptance.

2. Yes. One hundred and forty-eight.

3. Yes, R. T. Sampson.

4. Yes.

5. T. A. Boyle, Jas. A. Goulett, Harry T. Boudreau, A. G. Langlois, -G. G. MacNeil, sec.-treas. of the G.W.V.A., Dominion Command, and others. The first examination furnished enough returned soldiers eligible to fill all vacancies.

6. Only returned soldiers were appointed and the one returned soldier in Richmond county who tried the advertised examination was R. T. Sampson who was appointed to the eastern portion of Richmond county.

Mr. TOBIN:

During what hours of the day is the Parliament Post Office supposed to be kept open for the convenience of members during the sessions of Parliament (a) on days during which the House is in session: (b) on days other than holidays when the House does not sit or when the House is adjourned at or before 6 p.m.; (c) on Sundays and holidays?

Rt. Hon. Sir ROBERT BORDEN:

Days

the House is in session: (a) from 6.30 a.m. to adjournment of the House; (b) on Saturdays from 6.30 a.m. to 10.00 p.m., other days from 6.30 a.m. to 11.00 p.m.; (c) on Sundays from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.; 8.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.; on holidays from 6.30 a.m. to 2.00 p,m., and from 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.

1. The matter is now being considered by the Government. [Legislation will be necessary if the crop for the succeeding year is to be controlled, as was the crop for the past year.

2. Yes.

3. It is the duty of the Canadian Wheat Board to secure the best possible market prices for wheat according to prevailing rates in the world market.

4. Yes.

5. This is largely a matter of opinion. In order to come to a reasoned judgment, one would have to know what would have been the cost of flour to the consumers if the crop had not been controlled, and what would have been the price paid by the millers for wheat if prices had not been controlled. It is impossible to give an answer to that.

Mr. SPEAKER:

Order. The hon. membei is in effect making an argument. Would he summarize any question he wishes L put.

Mr. LAVIGUEUR:

I will do so. It was reported to me that the lighthouses had suffered great damage on account of the wharves not having been repaired; that those lighthouses are liable to be destroyed by the high tide at any time, which would constitute a great danger to navigation on the St. Lawrence. I, therefore, warn the Government of the serious state of affairs which exists in regard to navigation on the St. Lawrence.

Hon. RODOLPHE LEMIEUX (Maison-neuve and Gaspe):

Is the Minister of Justice now in a position to give me the information in regard to the case to which I referred yesterday?

Rt. Hon. C. ,1. DOHERTY (Minister o.f Justice): I think I may give the information now. The fact is that the Attorney General of the province, acting in co-operation with the officers of the penitentiary and an officer representing the Department of Justice, did arrest the two men referred to, and they have been returned to the penitentiary. As I said yesterday, we are advised that a judge (sitting on a writ of habeas corpus has not jurisdiction to override the judgment .and conviction of the Court of King's Bench upon an indictable offence which ordered these men to be confined to the penitentiary for a long period of years. I am not aware whether it was suggested that there was any irregularity in the way the men were conveyed to the penitentiary at the outset. But even if there were, the sentence against these men stands just as though the intervening incidents had not taken plac there is the judgment of the competent court imposing that sentence upon these men, which .sentence has never been satisfied. As I have said, we are advised that there is not jurisdiction in a judge upon a writ of habeas corpus to override a conviction by the

Court of King's Bench and nullify a sentence imposed by that court. That would involve an appellate jurisdiction in one judge over the formal judgment of the Court of King's Bench, the highest court in our province dealing with criminal matters- Both the provincial authorities charged with the enforcement of law and ourselves are fully prepared to take the responsibility for what has been done to vindicate the authority of law, and to justify it before 'any tiibunal.

Mr. LEMIEIUX:

Mr. Speaker, if you

please, I do not question the facts as related by the Minister of Justice; he knows them better than I do. But does it not strike him that if an error has been made by the judge who granted the writ Of habeas corpus, an appeal lies from that judgment?

Mr. SPEAKER:

Order.