§ SIR HENEY TYLERasked the Postmaster General, in reference to 628 the serious occurrence of last week, near the Cannon Street Station, Whether steps are being taken to reduce the numbers of tightly strained wires, for telegraph or other purposes, over the heads of the metropolitan population and persons using the streets? The hon. Member added that he did not wish to fix the responsibility for the occurrence upon the right hon. Gentleman or the Post Office; he merely chose it as an illustration.
§ MR. FAWCETTThe hon. Member will perhaps recollect that he asked a Question of a somewhat similar kind in June of last year, and I informed him of the steps which were being taken by the Post Office to place its wires in London under ground. As regards the occurrence in Cannon Street, the wire to which the hon. Member refers does not belong to the Post Office.