§ 76. Mr. Teelingasked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether, in future, when cables have to be laid in areas where doctors work and where the telephone becomes affected, he will give due warning so that the inconvenience now being felt in the Harley Street and Wimpole Street area will not be repeated.
§ Mr. GammansI very much regret the inconvenience caused to subscribers in the Harley Street and Wimpole Street area. We have had to replace a section of a large cable which was in a very bad condition. By working day and night the job was finished in three weeks. We do all we can to minimise interruptions but we are seeing if it is possible in such cases to give subscribers a better system of warning.