Oral Answers to Questions — Post Office. – in the House of Commons am ar 6 Chwefror 1939.
Colonel Leonard Ropner
, Barkston Ash
asked the Postmaster-General what quantity of telegraph poles were imported by his Department during 1938; and what percentage of these were carried in British ships?
Mr Walter Womersley
, Grimsby
During the year 1938, 266,875 telegraph poles were imported, of which 6,435 or about 2½ per cent. were carried in British ships.
Mr David Logan
, Liverpool Scotland
Were these British ships built in foreign ports?
Mr Walter Womersley
, Grimsby
I cannot say, but we shall welcome British shipowners who will undertake this particular kind of work.
