HC Deb 06 April 1927 vol 204 cc2076-7
98. Sir R. HAMILTON

asked the Postmaster-General the number of occasions on which marine cables connecting with islands in Orkney and Shetland were interrupted during the years 1923 to 1926, inclusive, and the average length of time that elapsed from the interruption to the resumption of service?

Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSON

There are in all 25 cables serving the Orkneys and Shetlands, including the inter-island cables. During the years 1923–1926 there were in all 34 interruptions and the average time which elapsed between the breakage and the repair of the cables was 119 days. As there are in. some cases alternative routes to an island, an interruption does not necessarily entail a severance of telegraphic communication.

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