Lieut.-Colonel P. PEELasked the Assistant. Postmaster-General whether the provision of telephone facilities in the Somersham district, in response to the 426W petition from the inhabitants of 1st September last, are likely to be put in hand at an early date?
§ Mr. PEASEI regret that I am not in a position to comply with the request of the petitioners, as tile work involved would be costly and would not be justified by the prospective receipts.