§ 62. Mr. REIDasked the Postmaster-General whether the contracts for the extensions of telephone cables now being carried out between Belfast, Newtownards, Bangor, and adjoining places were put up to public competition; and what steps were taken to bring the matter to the notice of possible tenderers?
§ Mr. VIANTThe contracts in question, which were for the laying of earthenware ducts, were put out to com- 434 petitive tender among firms selected from the Department's list of eligible contractors.