HC Deb 30 April 1913 vol 52 cc1211-2W
Mr. VINCENT KENNEDY

asked the Postmaster-General the names by which the twelve important Irish telegraph circuits, carried partly in underground cables, are known, giving the lengths of the cables referred to?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

The circuits and distances to which the hon. Member refers are:—

  • Two London—Belfast circuits for 314½ miles each.
  • One London—Waterford circuit for 146½ miles.
    • 1212
  • One London—Dublin circuit for 43 miles.
  • Two London—Cork circuits for 146½ each.
  • One Leeds—Belfast circuit for 178 miles.
  • One Manchester—Belfast circuit for 135 miles.
  • One Glasgow—Dublin circuit for 182 miles.
  • One Bristol—Cork circuit for 64½ miles.
  • One Liverpool—Belfast circuit for 134 miles.
  • One Edinburgh—Belfast circuit for 94½ miles.