Council of State Debates Thursday 14th December 1933 Official Report

The Council met in the Council Chamber of the Council House in New Delhi at Eleven of the Clock the Honourable the President in the Chair. [...] V. C. VELLINGIRI GOITNDER : (a) Is it a fact that Government quarters in Summer Hill are available for allotment to the staff in the Secretariat as well as in the Attached Offices who have adopted the unorthodox style of living ? (b) Will Government be pleased to state the basis on which allotment of these quarters is made as between the staff of the Secretariat and the staff of the Attached Offic [...] JAGADISH CHANDRA BANERJEE :.(a) Has the attention of Government been drawn to the news item published in Forward of Calcutta of the 3rd October 1933 (town edition) regarding the present condition of the Hadinge Bridge embankment on the Eastern Bengal Railway ? (b) Is it a fact that there have been wide breaches in the stone embankment to the west of the bridge. [...] JAGADISH CHANDRA BANERJEE : Will Government be pleased to state the cost of the Office of the International Labour Bureau of Geneva at New Delhi including the salaries of the members of the staff and whether the entire cost or any portion thereof is borne by the Government of India ?QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. [...] (c) The finding of the departmental enquiry was that the primary cause of the accident was that the gates at the level crossing were open but that the gateman could not be held entirely culpable and that there was contrbutory negligence on the part of the driver of the motor bus.