On May 8th we called attention to a question which
had been asked by General Croft in the House of Commons about the work of Colonel Spurrier in connection with the sale of surplus stores. Colonel Spurrier is a member of the Disposals Board and also head of the Transport Department of that Board. It seems that he is the brother of the chairman of Messrs. Leyland Brothers as well as brother of another director of that company. Huge transactions have been carried out between the Disposals Board and Messrs. Leyland Brothers. The St. Omer dump of motor lorries, for example, was sold to• Messrs. Leyland for half a million pounds. In an admirable letter to the _Morning Post on Tuesday General Croft points out that though he has persisted in putting questions on this subject to Mr. Bonar Law, ho cannot get any satisfactory answer. Whenever he puts a question Mr. Bonar Law accuses him of " imputing corruption to a gallant officer."
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