§ 7. Major Beamishasked the Postmaster-General what arrangements were made to enable reporters covering the Haigh trial in Lewes to have extra telephone facilities; and whether he is aware of widespread criticism in Lewes that priority should be given for the installation of telephones to report a murder trial when many citizens of the town and neighbourhood have been waiting for long periods for telephone facilities and for telephone communications to be improved.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingIt is customary for the Post Office to give reasonable facilities to the Press for the transmission of news, and eight telephones were provided in the Lewes head post office for the use of British and foreign reporters covering the Haigh trial. The small amount of work required to connect up these telephones has had a negligible effect on the rate of providing telephones for local citizens.