HC Deb 30 June 1898 vol 60 c636
MR. BROADHURST (Leicester)

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade when further progress will be made in connecting lightships and lighthouses with the shore by electric cables?

THE PRESIDENT OF THH BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) Croydon

At the present time three additional lighthouses are in course of being connected with the shore by electric cables. It has been thought better to postpone the work of connecting more lightships pending further results of the experiments with the system of wireless telegraphy.

MR. BROADHURST

Can the right honourable Gentleman give the names of the lighthouses?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE

Godrevy, the Skerries, and Walney Island.