§ 111. Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the Assistant Postmaster-General what is the present state of development of automatic trunk telephone connection; and which towns have been chosen for experimental interconnection.
§ Mr. BurkeAutomatic connection of trunk calls is carried out by the operators at 14 main centres, including London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester. The problems involved in long-distance dialling by subscribers are being studied, but no experiments are at present contemplated.