§ 63. Mr. Awberyasked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he is aware that an extensive use of the telephone is necessary between Avonmouth Dock and its office at Bristol and that the exchange at Avonmouth is manually operated and does not meet the needs of the port and industrial community; and whether he will take steps to convert the Avonmouth exchange to automatic working at an early date.
§ Mr. GammansWe plan to begin building a new automatic exchange next year, and this will, I hope, be ready for service towards the end of 1956. The present exchange is giving good service, and I do not think we should be justified in converting it to automatic working out of turn and before additional exchange equipment is required.