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Written Answers To Questions

Pensions Assessment Tribunals

asked the Minister of Pensions when he proposes to set up assessment tribunals.

This is a matter which I intend to keep under review, but I am afraid I am not at present in a position to say when it will be practicable or desirable to appoint a day for the operation of Section 5 of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal Act, 1943, particularly in view of the priority which must be given to the much more important issues involved in entitlement appeals.

Tristan Da Cunha (Economic Conditions)

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement from the most recent information received on the social and economic conditions of the inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha.

Improvements have been made in social conditions on the Island since 1942, when detachments of the Royal Navy and the South African Air Force were posted to the island. The naval party included a surgeon lieut.-commander, who was placed in administrative charge of the island, and a naval chaplain. A council of ten islanders were set up to assist in the administration and with their co-operation improvements were made in the sanitation of the settlement, in agricultural methods, particularly in the care of livestock, and in various other directions. The erection and maintenance of the station afforded to the islanders an opportunity for paid employment of which they readily availed themselves, and they were thus able to purchase from the naval canteen supplies of groceries, clothing and other necessities. A branch of the British Post Office Savings Bank was opened by the naval surgeon and surplus cash to a total of about £300 has been deposited in the bank by the islanders.The naval party is to be withdrawn at the end of the year, but it is probable that a meteorological station will be permanently maintained on the island. It is estimated that supplies sufficient to last the islanders for one year will be left

in situ on the withdrawal of the naval party. A chaplain is being sent out to the island by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to replace the naval chaplain, and he is now on his way to the island accompanied by his wife. Future arrangements for the welfare of the islanders are now engaging my attention.

Motor Tyres

asked the Minister of Supply and of Aircraft Production if he can give an estimate of the number of old motor tyres collected at dumps all over the country; and in view of the shortage of tyres both in Britain and on the Continent, what steps he is taking to make use of these old tyres.

There are some 9,000,000 old motor tyres on the dumps. The great bulk of them are only suitable as scrap rubber for reclaiming, for which there is no shortage of material at present. The dumps are being searched, however, and so far 210,000 tyres with some further life have been sorted out for use in liberated areas or at home.

Cancer

asked the Minister of Health what was the death rate per 1,000,000 living from all forms of cancer in the years 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944.

The death rates per million living (civilians only) from all forms of cancer in England and Wales during the years specified were as follow:

	Actual.	Standardized.
1940	1,723	981
1941	1,780	979
1942	1,834	977
1943	1,899	983
1944	1,897 (Provisional)	Not available

The standardized death rates are those which would have been recorded if the sex and age constitution of the population had been the same as in 1901.

Dismissed Agricultural Workers

asked the Minister of Labour with reference to Appendix 3, paragraph 5, to the Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, 1945, and Questions 1357 to 1365 of the Minutes of Evidence, why no employment was offered to two agricultural workers during a period exceeding six months after their dismissal by a war agricultural executive committee had been reported to the National Service officer; and what was the approximate loss to public funds consequent upon this omission.

As the hon. Member is aware, over two years have elapsed since these cases originated. In one case the worker was offered other employment on a number of occasions, the first occasion being immediately after his dismissal by the War Agricultural Executive Committee, but the offers were refused. In the other case, the local officer of my Department for some reason which cannot now be ascertained did not make contact with the man until eight months after the date of his dismissal. Employment was then offered immediately and accepted. The cost to public funds was approximately £227 in one case and £174 in the other.

Civil Service

Permanent Appointments(Marriage Bar)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether marriage is a bar to the transfer of a temporary woman civil servant to the permanent established staff, provided that in other respects she is eligible for transfer.

A married woman may not be appointed to an established post in the Civil Service unless the Civil Service Commissioners, the Treasury, and the Head of the Department to which she is to be appointed are satisfied that her employment is advisable in the light of her special qualifications or special experience.

Civil Service Committee, Northern Ireland

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that officers who wish to take advantage of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, are adversely affected because the Civil Service Committee for Northern Ireland, which was set up under Section 56 of that Act, lacks a chairman; and whether he will take steps to have a chairman appointed forthwith.

I have been asked to reply. The question of filling this vacancy is at present under consideration in the Treasury. I understand that meanwhile the Committee's business is not adversely affected.

Education

Direct Grant Schools (Applications)

asked the Minister of Education if she will give a list of the schools which have applied for direct grant, indicating those applications which have been accepted and those which have been refused.

Following is the list requested:

List of Schools recognised under the former Regulations for Secondary Schools, the Governors of which have applied for recognition as direct grant grammar schools under Part IV of the Primary and Secondary Schools (Grant Conditions) Regulations, 1945.

Note: 232 applications have been received, of which 45 (indicated by ^* ) have

been granted and 31 (indicated by ) have been rejected. The remaining 156 are under consideration.

BEDFORDSHIRE—

Bedford Modern School for Boys.
Bedford Modern School for Girls.

BERKSHIRE—

^*Abingdon, Roysse's School (B).
Newbury, St. Bartholomew's Grammar School (B).
Reading, The Abbey School (G).

CAMBRIDGESHIRE—

^*Cambridge, Perse School for Boys.
^*Cambridge, Perse School for Girls.

CHEHIRE—

Birkenhead, School (B).
Birkenhead, Convent of Faithful Companions of Jesus School (G).
Birkenhead, High School for Girls.
Birkenhead, St. Anselm's College (B).
Cheadle and Gatley, Cheadle Hulme, The Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks Orphan Schools (B and G).
^*Chester, Dee House Convent School (G).
Chester, King's School (B).
Chester, Queen's School (G).
Macclesfield Grammar School (B).
Northwich, Sir John Deane's Grammar School (B and G).
Stockport Grammar School (B).
Sanbach School (B).

CORNWALL—

^*Truro School (B).
Truro High School for Girls.

CUMBERLAND—

†Keswick School (B and G).

DEVON—

^*Bideford, Edgehill Girls' College.
Exeter School (B).
Exeter, Maynard's Girls' School. Exeter.
The Bishop Blackall School for Girls.
Plymouth, College and Mannamead School (B).
^*Plymouth, Convent of Notre Dame High School (G).
Plymouth, St. Boniface's College (B).
^*Shebbear, Methodist College (B).
^*West Buckland School (B).

DORSET—

†Dorchester Grammar School (B).
†Shaftesbury Grammar School (B).

DURHAM—

Barnard Castle School (B).
Darlington, St. Mary's Grammar School (B).
Darlington, The Immaculate Conception Secondary School (G).
Stockton-on-Tees, Queen Victoria High School (G).
Sunderland, St. Anthony's Secondary School (G).
West Hartlepool, St. Joseph's Convent School (G).

ESSEX—

Brentwood, Sir Anthony Browne's School (B).
Brentwood, Ursuline High School (G).
^*Ilford, Ursuline High School (G).
^*Woodford, Bancroft's School (B).

GLOUCESTERSHIRE—

^*Bristol Cathedral School (B).
^*Bristol, Christian Brothers' College (B).
^*Bristol, Clifton High School for Girls.
^*Bristol, Clifton, La Retraite High School (G).
Bristol Grammar School (B).
Bristol, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (B).
Bristol, Redland High School for Girls.
Bristol, Red Maids' School (G).
Bristol, The Colston Girls' School.
Cheltenham, Pate's Grammar School for Boys.
Cheltenham, Pate's Grammar School for Girls.

HAMPSHIRE—

Bournemouth, Talbot Heath School (G).
Fareham, Price's School (B).
Petersfield, Churcher's College (B).
Portsmouth Grammar School (B).
Portsmouth High School for Girls.
Southampton, King Edward VI Grammar School (B).
Southampton, La Sainte Union des Sacre Coeurs, St. Anne's, Rockstone Place Secondary School (G).
Winchester, Peter Symond's School (B).

HEREFORDSHIRE—

Hereford, Cathedral Grammar School (B).
†Lucton, Pierrepont's School (B).

HERTFORDSHIRE—

St. Alban's, City of St. Alban Grammar School (B).

HUNTINGDONSHIRE—

^*Kimbolton Grammar School (B).

KENT—

Bromley High School for Girls.
Erith, Abbey Wood, St. Joseph's Convent School (G).
Harbledown, Kent College (B).
Mottingham, Eltham College (B).
Sevenoaks, Walthamstow Hall (G).
†Sevcnoaks Grammar School (B).
Sutton Valance School (B).

LANCASHIRE—

Blackburn, Convent of Notre Dame Secondary School (G).
†Blackburn, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (B).
Blackburn, St. Mary's College (B).
Blackpool, Arnold School (B).
Blackpool, College of St. Joseph (B).
^*Blackpool, Convent Secondary School (G).
Bolton, Church of England Educational Institution School (B and G).
Bolton, Mount St. Joseph Secondary School (G).
Bolton, The Bolton School, Boys' Division.
Bolton, The Bolton School, Girls' Division.

Bolton, Thornleigh College (B).
^*Bury, Convent High School (G).
Bury, Grammar School for Boys.
Bury, Grammar School for Girls.
Crosby, St. Mary's College (B).
^*Crosby, The Merchant Taylors' Boys' School.
^*Crosby, The Merchant Taylors' Girls' School.
^*Crosby, Convent of the Sacred Heart of Mary School (G).
Liverpool, Bellerive Girls' School,
Liverpool, Belvedere School for Girls.
Liverpool, College for Girls.
Liverpool, Everton Valley, Notre Dame Collegiate School (G).
Liverpool, Grassendale, La Sagesse Convent Secondary School (G).
Liverpool, Mount Pleasant, Notre Dame High School (G).
Liverpool, St. Edmund's College (G).
Liverpool, St. Edward's College (B).
Liverpool, St. Francis Xavier's College (B).
Liverpool, West Derby, Broughton Hall, Convent of Mercy High School (G).
Lytham St. Annes, Lytham, King Edward VII School (B).
Lytham St Annes, Lytham, Queen Mary School (G).
Manchester, Fallowfield, Convent of the Faithful Companions of Jesus High School (G).
Manchester Grammar School (B).
Manchester High School for Girls.
Manchester, Hulme Grammar School (B).
Manchester, Loreto High School (G).
^*Manchester, Notre Dame High School (G).
Manchester, St. Bede's College (B).
Manchester, Withington Girls' School.
Manchester, Xaverian College (B).
Oldham, Hulme Grammar School for Boys.
Oldham. Hulme Grammar School for Girls.
^*Oswaldtwistle, Paddock House School (G).
Preston, Catholic College (B).
Preston, Lark Hill House School (G).
Preston, Winckley Square Convent School (G).
^*St. Helens, Catholic Grammar School (B).
^*St. Helens, Notre Dame High School (G)
^*Salford, Adelphi House Secondary School (G).
Salford, De La Salle College (B).
Wigan, Convent of Notre Dame High School for Girls.

LEICESTERSHIRE—

†Ashby-de-la-Zouch Girls' Grammar School,
†Ashby-de-la-Zouch Grammar School (B).
Loughborough Grammar School (B).
Loughborough High School for Girls.

LINCOLNSHIRE (Kesteven)—

†Grantham, King's School (B).
†Stamford School (B).
†Stamford High School (G).

LONDON—

^*Hammersmith, Latymer Upper School (B).
†Hammersmith, St. Clement Dane's Grammar School (B).
Hampstead, Haberdashers' Aske's Hampstead Boys' School.
Hampstead, South Hampstead High School for Girls.
Kensington High School for Girls.

Lewisham, Blackheath High School for Girls.
Lewisham, Catford, St. Dunstan's College (B).
Lewisham, Sydenham, High School for Girls.
†Stepney, Davenant Foundation School (B).
Wandsworth, Putney High School for Girls.
Wandsworth, Streatham Hill and Clapham High School for Girls.

MIDDLESEX—

Acton, Haberdashers' Aske's Acton Girls' School
Ealing, Notting Hill and Ealing High School for Girls.
^*Edgware, Canon's Park, North London Collegiate School (G).

NORFOLK—

Norwich High School for Girls.
^*Norwich, King Edward VI Grammar School (B).
^*Norwich, Notre Dame High School (G).

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE—

^*Brackley, Magdalen College School (B).
Northampton High School for Girls.
Northampton, Notre Dame High School (G)

NORTHUMBERLAND—

Morpeth Grammar School (B).
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Central) High School for Girls.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Convent of the Sacred Heart Secondary School (G).
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dame Allan's Boys' School.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dame Allan's Girls' School.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Royal Grammar School (B).
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Cuthbert's Grammar School (B).

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE—

†Newark, Magnus Grammar School (B).
Nottingham High School for Girls.

OXFORDSHIRE—

Oxford High School for Girls.
Oxford, Magdalen College School (B).

RUTLAND—

Oakham School (B).

shropshire—

Shrewsbury High School for Girls.

SOMERSET—

Bath High School for Girls.
Bath, King Ed-ward's School (B).
†Bruton, Sunny Hill Girls' School.
Crewkerne School (B).
Wellington, The Wellington School (B).

STAFFORDSHIRE—

†Newcastle-under-Lyme, High School (B).
†Newcastle-under-Lyme, Orme Girls' School.
^*Stoke-on-Trent, St. Dominic's High School for Girls
^*Stoke-on-Trent, St. Joseph's College (B).
Walsall Grammar School (B).
Walsall High School for Girls.
Wolverhampton Grammar School (B).

SUFFOLK ( EAST)

Framlingham, Albert Memorial College (B).
Ipswich High School for Girls.
†Ipswich School (B)
^*Woodbridge School (B).

SUFFOLK ( WEST)—

^*Bury St. Edmunds, Culford School (B).
Bury St. Edmunds, Grammar School of King Edward VI (B).

SURREY—

^*Caterham and Warlingham, Caterham School (B).
Croydon High School for Girls.
Croydon, Old Palace Girls' School.
Croydon, Whitgift Middle School (B).
^*Kingston-upon-Thames Grammar School (B).
Sanderstead, St. Anne's College for Girls.
Sutton and Cheam, Sutton High School for Girls.
Wimbledon High School for Girls.

SUSSEX EAST—

Brighton and Hove High School for Girls.

WARWICKSHIRE—

^*Birmingham, King Edward VI High School for Boys.
^*Birmingham, King Edward VI High School for Girls.
Coventry, Bablake School (B).
Coventry Grammar School (B).
†Solihull School (B).
†Warwick School (B).

WILTSHIRE—

West Lavington, Dauntsey's School (B).

WORCESTERSHIRE—

†Dudley Grammar School (B).
†Stourbridge, King Edward VI Grammar School (B).
^*Worcester Cathedral Grammar School (B).
†Worcester, Royal Free Grammar School (B).

YORKSHIRE ( EAST RIDING)—

†Beverley Grammar School (B).
Kingston-upon-Hull, Hymer's College (B).
^*Pocklington School (B).
†York, Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School (B).
^*York, The Bar Convent Secondary School (G).

YORKSHIRE ( NORTH RIDING)—

Middlesbrough, St. Mary's College (B).
Middlesbrough, St. Mary's Convent School (G).
†Redcar, Sir William Turner's School (B) (Coatham School).
Scarborough, Convent of the Ladies of Mary Secondary School (G).

YORKSHIRE ( WEST RIDING)—

Aireborough, Apperley Bridge, Woodhouse Grove School (B).
^*Bradford Girls' Grammar School.
Bradford Grammar School (B).

^*Bradford, St. Joseph's College (G).
^*Harrogate, Ashville College (B).
Leeds Girls' High School.
Leeds Grammar School (B).
Leeds, Notre Dame Collegiate School (G).
Leeds, St. Mary's College (G).
Leeds, St. Michael's College (B).
†Ripon Grammar School (B).
Sheffield, De Le Salle College (B).
Sheffield High School for Girls.
Sheffield, Notre Dame High School (G).
Wakefield Girl's School.
Wakefield Grammar School (B).

Wales

GLAMORGANSHIRE—

Cardiff, Howell's Glamorgan County School (G).
Cardiff, St. Illtyd's College (B).

MERIONETHSHIRE—

Dolgelley, Dr. William's School (G).

MONMOUTHSHIRE—

Monmouth School (B).
Monmouth School for Girls.

PEMBROKE—

†Haverfordwest Grammar School (B).

Teachers' Training Courses

asked the Minister of Education how many men and women, respectively, successfully completed courses of training for the teaching profession in each of the years 1939–1945 inclusive; and how many withdrew from the teaching profession in each of those years on ceasing to be eligible to teach in contributory service or on being awarded superannuation allowances.

Approximate Numbers of Men and Women who retired from, the teaching profession in the years 1939–1945.
Year ended		Superannuation contributions repaid at age 65.		Deaths.		Pensions and gratuities awarded on ground of				Total.
Year ended		Superannuation contributions repaid at age 65.		Deaths.		Breakdown.		Age.		Total.
		Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
31.3.1939	…	—	50	300	300	150	600	1,000	2,150	1,450	3,100
31.3.1940	…	—	—	250	300	100	600	1,100	2,200	1,450	3,100
31.3.1941	…	—	—	300	350	150	550	950	2,350	1,400	3,250
31.3.1942	…	—	50	300	350	100	450	950	2,100	1,350	2,950
31.3.1943	…	—	50	350	350	100	500	850	2,100	1,300	3,000
31.3.1944	…	—	50	450	450	150	550	1,000	2,350	1,600	3,400
31.3 1945	…	—	50	400	400	100	500	1,200	2,550	1,700	3,500
		—	250	2,350	2,500	850	3,750	7,050	15,800	10,250	22,300
Teachers who retired from teaching on marriage and withdrew their accumulated superannuation contributions are not included in the figures of retirements.

The figures asked for in the first part of the Question are given in the following table:

Numbers of Men and Women who successfully completed courses of training for the teaching profession in the years 1939–1945.
Year	Men	Women
1939	2,055	3,908
1940	1,581	4,272
1941	788	3,987
1942	923	3,922
1943	478	3,982
1944	570	3,902

The figures for 1945 are not yet available.Complete statistics under the headings of the second part of the Question are not available.Teachers do not cease to be eligible to serve in "contributory service" at any prescribed age although service after the age of 65 does not count for pension purposes. On the other hand, a teacher who has completed sufficient service can receive pension at 60 without continuing in service till that age and in normal times the number of pensions awarded in any year at 60 to teachers who retired at an earlier age can be taken as roughly balanced by those who retire in that year to await pension in a later year. It is estimated, however, that on 31st March, 1945, 1,150 men and 1,350 women who would normally have received pension during the war years were still in service.The figures in the following table are therefore approximate:

Royal Navy

Dockyard Workers (Release)

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will release the 438 building trade workers now working in His Majesty's dockyards as dilutee shipwrights, in view of the urgent necessity for these men on bomb-damage repairs and building of temporary and permanent houses in devastated Plymouth.

All restrictions on the release of workmen of the shipbuilding and engineering trades in the Royal dockyards were removed on 17th August last. It follows, therefore, that any dilutee shipwrights in the Dockyards who are building trade workers may take their discharge if they so wish.

T124 Personnel

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether personnel serving under T.124 agreement are subject to the provisions of the Naval Discipline Act.

Yes, Sir.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty in view of the fact that personnel serving under T.124 agreement are required to wear uniform during their term of service, what provision is made to supply such personnel on discharge with an issue of civilian clothing.

It has been decided that T.124 personnel are to be eligible for civilian clothing benefit on release under the same conditions as other Service personnel.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what are the differences in the provision made for personnel serving under T.124 agreement on release or discharge from that service, and other officers and men of the Merchant Navy.

Officers and men in the Royal Navy serving on T.124 agreements receive on release in Class A the following benefits: 56 days' resettlement leave, civilian clothing benefit and the protection of the Resettlement in Civil Employment Act. I understand from my right hon. Friend the Minister of War Transport that these benefits are not applicable to the Merchant Navy.

Medical Officers (Release)

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when Naval medical officers may expect definite information regarding their release; why this release is considerably behind that of other Naval officers; what reduction is contemplated in the Naval medical service now that the war is over; and how many doctors have been recruited to this service during the past 12 months.

The Admiralty has not yet complete information as to the state of wounded and invalids on the distant stations or of Naval personnel who have been prisoners of war in Japan. It is not yet clear what arrangements can be made for bringing these patients home. Further, it has not yet been settled how many doctors can be recruited into the Navy in the coming months and until these factors are known it will not be possible to give definite information regarding release of Naval medical officers. I am able to say that we expect to release Groups 9–19 by the end of 1945 and up to Group 30 by the end of June, 1946, in each case excluding those officers who volunteer for further service. If it proves at all possible with further knowledge to improve on these figures, this will be done.At the above rate, release of medical officers will be only one or two groups behind the average rate for Naval officers. The reason for this slightly lower rate of release is primarily that the war in the Far East has been as much a war against disease as against the Japanese. It was necessary to send so many doctors to the East that the Naval requirements of doctors after the end of the war with Germany were actually greater than before. Although 187 doctors had been entered during the past 12 months there was still a very serious deficit. Now that the war with Japan is over, it will become possible to restore the situation fairly rapidly if the factors I mentioned at the beginning of my reply prove favourable. I should mention, however, a difficulty which will become apparent towards the end, that Naval surgeons as a rule are given their commissions several years older than other officers. This would naturally tend to leave them about four groups behind.

Scotland (Farm, Islay)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the farm of Ballinaby, Islay, has been acquired or merely requisitioned, and if the former what capital sum has been paid; what has been the total expenditure and receipts since the commencement of the operation; how was that expenditure apportioned between drainage, buildings, etc., and ordinary farming expenditure and receipts; and when it is expected that expenditure will cease, over and above the ordinary current farming expenditure to be met out of receipts for produce.

Part of the farm of Ballinaby, Islay, has been requisitioned. The question of acquisition is under consideration. The total Expenditure and Receipts are:—

(a) On Capital Improvements to 4th October, 1945
Buildings	2,915	0	0
Sheep Fank and Dipper	300	0	0
Watercourses and field drainage	4,157	0	0
Water Supply	113	0	0
Fencing and Dykes	1,100	0	0
	£8,585	0	0

(b) On Farm Management to 28th November, 1944
Expenditure (including stock crop and implements, etc.	6,365	0	10
Receipts	901	13	1
Valuation of stock crop and implements, etc., at 28th November, 1944	5,173	16	0
Leaving a deficit	289	11	9

It is estimated that a further expenditure of £800 will complete the drainage and other improvements.

Post Office (Broadcast Relays)

asked the Postmaster-General (1) whether it is proposed, on the expiration of the licences of broadcast relay companies, to acquire the system for operation by his Department in accordance with the recommendation of the Ullswater Committee in 1935;

(2) whether the development of a Post Office service for broadcasting wireless programmes to telephone subscribers, plans for which were suspended in 1940, is now to be revived;

(3) to what broadcast relay companies licences have been issued: what is the number of relay exchanges in operation; and the number of subscribers receiving broadcast programmes on the relay system.

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 11th October, 1945, Vol. 414, col. 419] supplied the following list:

List of companies and persons licensed to operate wireless relay exchanges in Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Aberdare Relay Service, Ltd.
Afan Valley Relay Service, Ltd.
Amalgamated Relays, Ltd.
Ashton, R.
Atherton Wireless Relay Co., Ltd.
Atkinson, H.
Ayrshire Wireless Service, Ltd.
Bacup Radio Relay Co., Ltd.
Bancroft, G.
Bargoed Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Barrow, C. S.
Basingstoke Wire Broadcasting Service, Ltd.
Bates, R. J.
Blackpool Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Bloods Relay Services, Ltd.
Bognor Regis Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Bolton Bros. & Co.
Braintree Broadcast Relay Service, Ltd.
Bridgend Relay Service, Ltd.
Bridlington Relay Service, Ltd.
Brighton and Preston Relay Station, Ltd.
Brighton Radio Circuit, Ltd.
British Relay Wireless, Ltd.
British Wireless Exchange, Ltd.
Broadbent, B.
Broadcast Exchanges, Ltd.
Broadcast Listeners Service, Ltd.
Broadcast Relay Service (Clacton), Ltd.
Carmarthen Radio Relay, Ltd.
Central Relay Wireless, Ltd.
Central Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Charles Radio Relay Co., Ltd.
Charles Midlands Relays, Ltd.
Chorley Radio Relay Sce., Ltd.
Christy Bros. (Wireless Relays), Ltd.
City Relay Services, Ltd.
Cliff Radio Services, Ltd.
Colne & District Radio Relay Services, Ltd.
Community Radio (1928) Ltd.
Coombes, W. J., Radio Relays, Ltd.
County Down Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Coventry Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Crabtree, R.
Cymric Relay Service, Ltd.
Darlington Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Davies, W. A.
Dewsbury Relay Service, Ltd.
Doncaster Dist. Relay Service Ltd.
Durham County Relay See. Ltd.
Dyer, L. S.

Eastleigh Radio Relay Ex., Ltd.
East Yorkshire Relay Co., Ltd.
Electric Service Station (Halifax) Ltd.
Evesham Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Exeter Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Faversham Relay Service, Ltd.
Featherstone Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Folkestone Radio Relays, Ltd.
Galashiels Relay, Ltd.
General Wireless Relay Co. Ltd.
Goole Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Gravesend Relay Service, Ltd.
Great Yarmouth Radio Relays, Ltd.
Greenwood, A.
Greenwood, E.
Griffiths, L. B.
Gwalia Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Gwent Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Hall, T. H.
Hants Relay, Ltd.
Hardcastle, A. M.
Hartlepools Radio Relay, Ltd.
Harwood, T.
Hazelton, Mrs. G.
Hebden Bridge Radio Services, Ltd.
Hereford Radio Relays, Ltd.
Herne Bay Relay Services. Ltd.
Hessle Relay Service, Ltd.
Hetton Relay Services, Ltd.
Heywood Relay Services, Ltd.
Hobson, J. L.
Holts Radio Relay (Blackburn) Ltd.
Home Radio (Lowestoft) Ltd.
Home Wireless Service (Brighouse.) Ltd.
Hornchurch Broadcast Relay Co. Ltd.
Horton Relays, Ltd.
Hunt, A. R.
Ingham, R., & Howarth, J. W.
Isle of Thanet Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
James, J. E. J., & C. J.
Johnson, W. F. & Howells, G.
Kingston-upon-Hull Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Kirkby Radio Rediffusion, Ltd.
K.L.M. Rediffusion, Ltd.
Knox Bros.
Lancashire & Cheshire Rediffusion Services Ltd.
Lincoln Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Little Lever Radio Relay Co. Ltd.
Loft house, A. J.
Lowe, A. M.
Lumb's (Patmos), Ltd.
Luton Broadcast Relay Service, Ltd.
Maidenhead Radio Service, Ltd.
Maidstone Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Mansfield Relay Rediffusion Co. Ltd.
Medway Relay Service, Ltd.
Mercer, E.
Merlin Radio & Television Relay Service, Ltd.
Merthyr Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Metropolitan Relays, Ltd.
Mid Glamorgan Relay Services, Ltd.
Middleton & Dist. Radio Relay Service.
Midland Radio Relay Services, Ltd.
Midland Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Midland Wireless Relay Co. Ltd.
Miller, H. H.
Mitchell, E.
Moore, F. & H.
Morris Relay Services, Ltd.
Motherwell Relay Service, Ltd.
Mountain Ash Relay Service, Ltd.
Multi-Relays, Ltd.

Nelson & District Wireless Service, Ltd.
N.E. Radio Relay Services, Ltd.
Northampton Wireless Relay, Ltd.
Northern Radio Distributors, Ltd.
Northern Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Norwich Relays, Ltd.
Noset Radio (Relays) Ltd.
Nottingham Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Notts & Derby Radio Relays, Ltd.
Ogmore & Garw Radio Ltd.
Osman & Co. Ltd.
Ossett Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Otley Relay Radio Services, Ltd.
Padiham Wireless Relay Co. Ltd.
Parker Bros. (Mildenhall) Ltd.
Pechey, H. A. & Gt. Yarmouth Radio Relays, Ltd.
Pencoed & Dist. Radio Relay Co. Ltd.
Penny, L. P. & Yolland, E. R.
Petherick, E. E.
Phillips, P. J.
Pickles, J. H.
Pinchbeck, C. R.
Pinchbeck, H. & Smith, J. S. P.
Plunkett, N.
Plymouth Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Pocklington Relay Services, Ltd.
Pontypridd Rediffusion Service. Ltd.
Provincial Electrics & Refrigerators, Ltd
Provincial Relay Concessions, Ltd.
Radio-by-Wire (Beverley) Ltd.
Radio Furniture & Fittings. Ltd.
Ramsbottom, J. S. & Co. Ltd.
Ramsbottom Relay, Ltd.
Redcar Radio Relays, Ltd.
Relay Systems (Earlestown) Ltd.
Relay Systems (Hawick) Ltd.
Relay Systems (Port Glasgow) Ltd.
Relay Systems (johnstone) Ltd.
Relay Systems (Rawtenstall) Ltd.
Rhondda Rediffiision Service, Ltd.
Robinson, J. W. C. & H.
Roberts. A. B.
Rochester Relay Service, Ltd.
Rochdale Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Rood, W. A., Ltd.
Rotherham Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Royton & District Relays, Ltd.
Scarborough Relay Services, Ltd.
Scottish Relay Services (Kilmarnock) Ltd.
Selective Radio Relay Co. Ltd.
Shipley Radio Relays, Ltd.
Shorrock, T. W.
Simmons, J.
Sittingbourne Relay Service, Ltd.
Skipton Wireless Service, Co, Ltd.
Snowden, R.
Southall Radio Relay Service Co. Ltd.
Southern Relay Service, Ltd.
South Wales Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
S.W. Yorkshire Radio Relay Exchanges, Ltd.
Sowerby Bridge Relay Services, Ltd.
Standish Radio Wire Broadcasting Service, Ltd.
Stirk, H. K.
Stretford Rediffusion Service, Ltd.
Surburban Radio Relay Co. Ltd.
Super Relay Service, Ltd.
Sweetmore's Electrical Services, Ltd.
Swindon Radio Relay Exchange, Ltd.
Switchit Service, Ltd,

Tate, R. M.
Taylor, E.
Taylor, H. P.
Telefusion, Ltd.
Thomas, F. M.
Thomas, T.
Thomas, W. E. & F. M.
Tilley, J.
Tobias, H.
Treve Radio Relay Ltd.
Trowbridge Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Uni-Relays, Ltd.
Universal Relay, Ltd.
Wakefield Relay Services, Ltd.
Walter Needham (Electrical) Ltd.
Waters, F. M., & Thomas, P. T.
Watson, J. T., Ltd.
Wearside Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Wellingboro' Broadcast Listeners Service, Ltd.
West Cumberland Relay Services, Ltd.
Weston-super-Mare Radio Relays, Ltd.
West Riding Radio Relay Services, Ltd.
West Wales Wireless Relay, Ltd.
Whitworth, W.
Wm. Graham Ltd.
Williams, Mrs. M.
Wilson, J. E.
Wireless-on-Tap, Ltd.
Wireless Services, Ltd.
Worcester Radio Relay Service, Ltd.
Worksop Radio Relays, Ltd.
York Relay Services (1934) Ltd.
Youles, S. F.

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