§ MR. J. W. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)On behalf of the hon. Member for East Aberdeen (Mr. T. R. BUCHANAN), I beg to ask the rsght hon. Gentleman the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General whether it is the intention of the Post Office that, although the trunk telephone line from Aberdeen to Elgin is to be laid through the coast towns on the Aberdeenshire and Banffshire coasts, there shall be no facilities for telephone communication between these towns?
§ *MR. HANBURYThat is not the intention. The proposed line will afford trunk telephone facilities at Peterhead, Banff, Elgin, and Inverness. Fraserburgh being in the Peterhead area, it will rest with the National Telephone Company to connect that town with the trunk centre at Peterhead. Similarly it will rest with the Company to connect the Macduff and Lossiemouth Telephone Exchanges with the Banff and Elgin trunk centres respectively. The Postmaster General is informed that it is the intention of the Company to make these connections.