The Telephone Transfer Act 1911 (
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 26) was an
act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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, which nationalised the telephone companies.
The
National Telephone Company
The National Telephone Company (NTC) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British telephone company, which from 1881 to 1911 consolidated smaller local companies in the early years of telephone adoption. The British government natio ...
had become a monopoly and so the
Liberal government Liberal government may refer to:
Australia
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* Menzies Government (1949–66), several Australian ministries under S ...
decided to take it into public hands.
See also
*
UK enterprise law
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*
Telegraph Act 1868
The Telegraph Act 1868 ( 31 & 32 Vict. c. 110) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It paved the way for the British state to take over telegraph companies and/or their operations.
It has been effectively repealed (only section 1 ...
References
*"The Telephone Transfer Act 1911". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Butterworths. London. 1971
Volume 35 Page 68.
*W H Aggs. "Telephone Transfer Act, 1911". Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility. Sixth Edition. 1914
Volume 17 Title "Telegraph". Page 366.
*W de Bracy Herbert (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1911. Horace Cox. London. 1912.
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1911
History of telecommunications in the United Kingdom
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