§ 59. Major Anstruther-Grayasked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many telephone subscribers there are in North Berwick; how many of these are served by shared lines; whether he will in due course provide each subscriber with a separate line; and how soon this will be done.
§ Mr. GammansThere are 577 exchange connections on the North Berwick exchange. Seventy-six of these are provided by means of shared lines. Our resources are not sufficient to meet all demands for telephone service, and I regret I cannot say when we shall be able to provide a separate line for every subscriber who wants one.
§ 60. Major Anstruther-Grayasked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many applications for telephones in Berwick-shire are outstanding; and of these how many have been waiting for more than a year.
§ Mr. GammansForty-one applications were outstanding at 30th September, 1952, excluding 16 in course of being met. Thirty had been outstanding for over a year.