§ Lieutenant-Colonel C. M'LEANasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that where telephone call offices are installed in villages in Lincolnshire the 609W telephone is not permitted to be used by the public after 7 p.m., and that this gives rise to serious inconvenience; and whether, in the interests of the public, he will give instructions that calls be permitted at all hours?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHSeven p.m. is at present the closing hour for telephone business at the majority of village post-offices, but sub-postmasters may telephone calls outside the ordinary hours on payment of late fees if there is anyone on the premises competent to deal with them.