Treasury Assistance To Banks And Discount Houses
Return ordered "of Papers relating to the assistance rendered by the Treasury to Banks and Discount Houses since the outbreak of war on the 4th August, 1914, and to the questions of the advisability of continuing or ending the Moratorium and of the nature of the Banking Facilities now available."—[ Mr. Montagu.]
Return presented accordingly; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Rupture Of Diplomatic Relations With Germany
Copy presented of Dispatch from His Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin respecting Rupture of Diplomatic Relations with the German Government [by Command]; to lie upon the Table. (Miscellaneous, No. 8, 1914.)
Vote Of Credit
Copy ordered of Treasury Minute, dated the 20th day of August, 1914.— [ Mr. Montagu.]
Return presented relative thereto [ordered 27th August; Mr. Montagu]; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 458.]
Slaughter Of Animals Bill
Message from the Lords,
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to authorise the regulation and restriction of the slaughter of animals used for food." [Slaughter of Animals Bill [ Lords.]
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 393.]