HC Deb 25 January 1937 vol 319 cc586-7W
Mr. R. Gibson

asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that many telephone subscribers in the Fort Matilda district of Greenock are given Gourock telephone numbers, and that much inconvenience is caused thereby; and if he will take the necessary steps to give these Greenock subscribers Greenock telephone numbers?

Major Tryon

The premises of the subscribers at Fort Matilda are nearer to the Gourock Exchange than to the Greenock Exchange, and I regret that the additional expense of connecting the sub- scribers concerned1 to the Greenock Exchange could not be justified.

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