§ 24. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Postmaster-General the approximate total number of invitations issued to telephone subscribers to present their friends with an up-to-date telephone apparatus; how many subscribers have accepted the suggestion; and what use it is intended to make of displaced obsolete instruments?
§ Sir K. WOODInvitations were issued tc all telephone subscribers. I am not now in a position to answer the second part of the question. The scheme is still in operation, and orders are coming in daily from all parts of the country. The displaced instruments are taken into stock and are available for re-issue to new subscribers who desire the "candlestick" instrument, which is not obsolete, but is still the standard pattern.
§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESWill the right hon. Gentleman consider reducing the charges at Christmas time for installing and using these telephones?
§ Sir K. WOODI made a reduction two or three months ago.