§ MR. O'DONNELLasked the Postmaster General, If he can state what precautions are taken to protect the public against the fall of the enormous and increasing mass of metal used in telegraph and telephone wires stretched overhead the public thoroughfares?
§ MR. FAWCETTIn reply to the hon. Member, I may say that only a small proportion of the overhead telegraph and telephone wires in London belong to the Post Office, and that the majority belong to private Companies. As I previously stated, in one of the leading thoroughfares in the City, out of 97 wires, only three belong to the Post Office. As regards the poles and wires of the Post Office, every care is taken, by frequent inspection, to see that they are in proper condition.