§ 37 and 38. Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the Postmaster-General (1) how many villages in the county of Lindsey are without telephone call boxes; and what steps he is taking to provide them;
(2) the total number of telephone Ball boxes and telephones recently installed in the county of Lindsey; and how many have been withdrawn?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONI will answer these two questions together. I regret that the statistics asked for in the first question are not available. I will certainly examine the question of extending telephone call office facilities to any which my hon. and gallant 204 Friend may have in mind. With regard to the second question, no telephone.area coincides exactly with the county of Lindsey, and accordingly precise figures are not to hand. The following returns relate to an area which includes almost the whole of the county of Lindsey, and one or two places outside:
Installed during year ended 31st December 1926. Ceased during year ended 31st December, 1926. Call Offices 9 2 Other telephone stations 1,603 638
§ Major COLFOXWould my right hon. Friend say what conditions require to be fulfilled in order to justify the putting in of a call box?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONConditions vary in different localities.
Captain CROOKSHANKWill my right hon. Friend also consider the advisability of putting call boxes at country railway stations in Lindsey?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONI am not aware that any additional facilities are required at railway stations.