§ LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PHILIPPS (Southampton)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the trunk line telephonic facilities at Southampton are in need of improvement; and what steps, if any, are being taken to place the service on a more efficient footing.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) Two additional trunk lines between Southampton and London will be brought into use in the next few months. Their completion has been seriously delayed by way leave difficulties. Additional lines to Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Salisbury, and the Isle of Wight from Southampton are also being provided for the improvement of the trunk service.
†See (4) Debates clxxii., 762–3.