109. Mr. Watkinsasked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many new applicants in the area covered by the Cardiff telephone office are waiting for instruments; how many old instruments have recently been replaced for existing subscribers; and why this should be done for subscribers who have not asked for re 124W placement in preference to urgent applicants waiting for service.
§ Mr. GammansNo applications in the Cardiff area are held up for want of telephone instruments. About 4,500 telephones in Cardiff were replaced because of the change to automatic working. A further 1,300 were replaced in Abergavenny and Brecon because of a change in the method of manual working at those exchanges.