§ MR. HUDSON (Newcastle-on-Tyne)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether in Newcastle-upon-Tyne an estimate for telephone construction work has boon prepared and has been approved by the engineer-in-chief; and whether he can say what steps, if any, are being taken for the carrying out of the work.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONIn Newcastle itself a few pipes are being laid, and considerable work in the construction of trunk lines is going on in the engineering district in which Newcastle is situated. A contract for an underground line of between five and six miles in length is about to be made.