HC Deb 24 July 1929 vol 230 c1334W
Mr. KELLY

asked the Postmaster-General the amount and length of cable work which was placed underground in 1928, under the scheme of transferring overhead telephone wires to underground?

Mr. LEES-SMITH

About 600,000 miles of wire in underground cables were provided during 1928, at a cost of about £4,300,000.