Legislative Assembly Debates Tuesday 12th April 1938 Official Report

(b) The notification of Bank holidays is within the competence of the Provincial Governments and the Central Government see no reason to interfere with the discretion of the Provincial Government in this matter. [...] 2989 Rajahmundry requesting them to exempt the publication Russia To-day" issued by the "British Section of the Friends of the Soviet Union" from the purview of the notification of the Government of India Finance Department (Central Revenues) No. [...] (b) Has the attention of Government been drawn to the facts metioned therein that the overdraft of about £500 000 enjoyed by Lew McGowan President of the Imperial Chemical Industries in the Midland Bank was closed and the securities sold in the open market to realise the overdraft and that the realisation fell short of the amount due by about R80 000? [...] Ram Narayan Singh: Will the Honourable the Home Member be pleased to state: (a) whether a public subscription is being raised and realised in the country for the Lady Linlithgow's Tuberculosis Fund; (b) whether in the Delhi city the subscription is being collected by the police; (c) whether he is aware of the fact that the police in collecting the said subscription is using undue influence and i [...] The information actually called for is as follows: location of occurrence (section and mileage) weight and section of rail type and number of sleepers formation and bainitst the report to be accompanied by the remarks of the Chief Engineer and the Head of Department reponsible for the operation of the locomotives.