§ Mr. SCANLANasked the Postmaster-General if he can see his way to retain the postal telegraph facilities for Templeboy and Skreen, county Sligo, at the expense of his Department, in view of the want of railway and other communication in those districts and in view of the rates which have already to be paid for the various county and local purposes by the ratepayers?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI am having inquiry made, and will communicate with the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. SCANLANasked why the trunk telephone facilities extended to Sligo only enable calls to be made by subscribers as far as Enniskillen; and whether he will provide such additional facilities as will enable traders and other subscribers in Sligo to use the trunk lines all over the postal telephone area?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe hon. Member's question appears to be based on a misapprehension. Subscribers at Sligo can obtain communication with the general telephone system through Enniskillen, although, owing to the electrical limitations imposed by the cross-channel submarine cable, it may not be possible to speak from Sligo to the more distant parts of England and Scotland.