1907.] Telephones in Rural Districts. 



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Essex; Whitchurch, Bucks.; Stony Stratford/Bucks.; Wolver- 

 ton ; and exchanges are in course of construction at the 

 following places :— Haslemere, Winslow, Buckingham, Newport 

 Pagnell, Olney, Malmesbury, Tetbury, Newbridge-on-Wye, 

 Milford Haven, Pen:ibroke, Tenby, Narberth, Saxilby (Lines.). 



It should be mentioned that many of the fruit-growing 

 villages in Kent are in areas assigned to the National Telephone 

 Company for the development of their system, and persons 

 interested in extensions to these places should apply in the first 

 instance to the Company. ; ; :j ; 



The extensions named above will be available for communi- 

 cation with all places in the kingdom connected with the trunk 

 system ; but, apart from these, several schemes have been 

 carried out during the year which provide for local communica- 

 tion only between groups of villages and their market town. 

 These include : — 



(i.) A system giving communication between Malton (Yorks.) 

 and the villages of x\motherby, Ampleforth, Birdsall, Bury- 

 thorpe, Gilling East, Oswaldkirk, Rillington, Settrington, 

 Terrington, West Heslerton^ and Wintringham. 



(ii.) A system for communication between Selkirk and 

 other towns on the National Telephone Company's system 

 in the Galashiels area and the villages of Etlrick Bridge, 

 Ettrick, Yarrowford, Yarrow, and Coppercleuch. 



(iii.) A system for communication between Oakham, Melton 

 Mowbray, and the villages of Colston Basset, Harby, Hickling, 

 Long Clawson, Strathern and Waltham Ashvvell, Braunston, 

 Burley, Cold Overton, Cottesmore, Exton, Streetham, Hamble- 

 ton, Manton, Market Overton, Thorpe Satchville, Whissendine, 

 Wing, Wymondham. 



(iv.) A system for communication between Bourne, Market 

 Deeping, and the villages of Edenham, Grimsthorpe, and 

 Witham-on-the-Hill. 



A system is also being installed for local communication 

 between Easingwold and the villages of Alrie, Brandsby 

 Crayke, Hus :hwaite, and Stillington. 



