M.R.U.A. Will Continue Pressure
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A LTHOUGH the action taken against PI the Post Office by Davey Paxman and Co., Ltd.,. has succeeded, the Mobile Radio Users' Association arc to continue their campaign to obtain fair treatment for users of v.h.f. radio.
Because of the unsatisfactory manner in which the Government have handled the allocation of radio frequencies to industry, the M.R.U.A. and the company decided to bring an action to attract public attention to the position.
It was discovered that under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1904, the Postmaster-General was required to lay regulations before Parliament before levying wireless licences. This, was never done, and it was successfully pleaded that the Post Office had collected wireless licences illegally for 50 years.
Capt. L. P. S. Orr, M.P., chairman of the M.R.U.A., said on Monday that the question could not be considered cleared. The sums of money which had been illegally collected would, apparently, be "grabbed back" by means of a Bill of Indemnity.
The chief matter with which the Association were concerned, however, was the allocation of frequencies, and it was clear, said Capt. Orr, that there was no satisfactory machinery for resolving such a problem.
CONDUCTOR NOT LIABLE WHEN PASSENGER IS ABOARD?
riERE was a precedent in law that once a passenger had set both feet on the platform of a bus, the conductor was not responsible for ensuring the passenger's safety upon entering the vehicle.
This was submitted to Burton-onTrent magistrates last week by Mr. J. Kauntze, defending Ivy Maud Jones, conductress, Princess Street, Burton-onTrent.
It was stated that a 71-year-old woman boarded Jones' bus and as she stepped on the platform the vehicle pulled away, with the result that she was dragged along for a short distance until she let go and fell to the ground. Jones was not on the platform at the time and knew nothing of the accident until later.
Supt. H. S. Turner said that had the defendant applied herself to her duty, the accident would not have occurred.
The magistrates adjourned the case to enable Mr. Kauntze to give proof of the precedent.
FIRST ROUND TO BRADFORD
THE Yorkshire Licensing Authority has granted permission to Bradford Corporation to run buses to Wrose. The West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., made a similar application and the Authority has indicated to them that they might submit proposals to divert certain routes to serve districts which would have been included had the company's ease succeeded.