§ Mr. WILESasked the Postmaster General the names of any companies who have employed the telephone service for transmitting reports of speeches; and will he state the conditions under which such reports are transmitted?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe telephone service has been employed to a considerable extent for the transmission of reports of speeches by the Exchange Telegraph Company, who make the most frequent use of the facility, and also by the Press Association and the United Newspapers Limited. These reports, which are paid for at the ordinary tariff, are transmitted by representatives of the companies concerned, who are given a continuous series of trunk calls, so far as this can be done without prejudice to other users of the trunk system.