§ 33. Major Neven-Spenceasked the Postmaster-General whether he is now in a position to make a statement on projected telephone development in the counties of Orkney and Shetland?
§ The Postmaster-General (Major Tryon)The communication services with the outlying Scottish Islands are continuously under review, and work is at present in hand with a view to improving the telephone service between Orkney and the mainland. The provision of telephone service to Shetland and between the mainland of Orkney and the principal islands of the North Isles group is dependent on the success of wireless telephony experiments at present being conducted on the spot. If these are successful, the trunk system will be extended eventually to these areas. In addition, a radio telegraph service to the island of Foula was opened last Saturday, and equipment for the provision of a similar service to the island of Papa Stour is about to be installed.