§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he has received resolutions from the Kerry County Council and Tralee Urban Council, asking to extend the trunk telephone system to Tralee: and whether, as Tralee is one of the most important business towns in the South of Ireland, he will consider those applications.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) I have received the resolutions referred to by the hon. Member, and local inquiry is at present being made as to the amount I performed by the officer selected of support likely to be given if an extension of the trunk system to county Kerry were carried out. Tralee is in the same local exchange area as Killarney, and the best means of serving the area would be by a trunk line between Mallow and Killarney. It would rest with the National Telephone Company, who have an exchange at Tralee to connect that exchange with the trunk exchange at Killarney. The cost of the trunk line between Mallow and Killarney would he considerable, and I shall be glad of any information as to those from whom I may hope to receive support.