§ 62. Mr. EVERARDasked the Postmaster-General when the telephone service between England and the Channel Islands will be completed; which of the islands are included in the scheme; and what will be the cost of a call from London to Jersey?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Lees-Smith)I hope to open a public telephone service between most of the principal towns in Great Britain and the towns of St. Peter Port in Guernsey and St. Helier in Jersey towards the end of March. Extensions of the service to other places will be effected as soon as possible. The charge proposed for a three-minute call from London to Jersey is 5s. 9d. between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., 4s. 3d. between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and 3s. between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.