§ 37. Sir ROBERT HAMILTONasked the Postmaster-General the number of notifications of interrupted cable com munication between Orkney and or Shetland and the mainland for the years 1925, 1926 and 1927, to date, respectively, and the chief contributing cause of the interruptions?
§ The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Viscount Wolmer)On no occasion during 1925, 1926 or 1927 has communication with either the Orkneys or the Shetlands been entirely interrupted. There are three cables from the mainland to the Orkneys, one to the Shetlands, and one between the two groups of islands (via Fair Isle). Nine repairs have been necessary on this group of cables since the beginning of 1925. Seven were necessitated by breakage believed to be due to a trawler or a ship's anchor; in the other two cases the damage was due to chafing or corrosion.
§ Sir R. HAMILTONHas any notice been given to the trawling ports, so that the men on the trawlers may know where the cables come ashore?
§ Viscount WOLMERYes, I think so.