§ Mr. GILLISasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that there is a public telephone cabinet on the arrival platform at Euston Station which is in an insanitary and filthy condition; whether he is aware that callers desiring to use the Post Office telephone service from this call box are charged 4d. per call because the London and North Western Railway Company considers that it is entitled to increase the charges laid down by the Post Office; what authority has been conferred upon the railway company to make what appears to be an improper charge; and whether, having regard to the whole of the circumstances, he will cause the cabinet to be placed in a sanitary condition, and compel the railway company to exhibit a notice specifying the charges which are proper for Post Office telephone calls?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYThe telephone cabinets at Euston Station are the property of the railway company, and the calls are dealt with by the operators at the company's private exchange. The Post Office is not in a position to prevent a railway company or other subscriber from charging more than the Post Office call office fee for the privilege of using the subscriber's telephone installation.