§ Mr. BOWENasked the Postmaster-General at What towns there are telephone advisory committees, and the names of the members of the London Telephone Advisory Committee?
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§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe list of towns is as follows: London, Aberdeen, Batley, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Burnley, Cardiff, Chatham, Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Coventry, Derby, Dover, Dudley, Dundee, Eastbourne, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Goole, Grimsby, Guildford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, Maidstone, Manchester, Margate, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Newport (Mon.), North Staffordshire (Stoke-on-Trent), Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Plymouth, Poole, Preston (Lancs.), Ramsgate, Sheffield, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Southport, Sunderland, Swansea, Tees Side (Middlesbrough), Tunbridge Wells, Walsall, West Hartlepool, Wolverhampton.
The chairman of the London committee is Alderman Sir Stephen Killik and the Secretary is A. de V. Leigh, Esquire, M.B.E., M.A. The other members are (ex-officio), the president, chairman, deputy-chairman and treasurer of the London Chamber of Commerce, together with the following: (nominated by London Chamber of Commerce) Sir Geoffrey Clarke, C.F.I., O.B.E., Lieut.-Colonel W. A. J. O'Meara, C.M.G., Walter Skevington, Esquire, J. Rewcastle Woods, Esquire, F. J. Goddard, Esquire; (nominated by Postal and Telegraph Committee of London Chamber of Commerce) Wilfrid C. King, Esquire; (nominated by Corporation of London) Frank Newson-Smith, Esquire, C.C.; (nominated by London County Council) W. H. Webbe, Esquire; (nominated by Port of London Autho-
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