PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER SYSTEM DEFENDED
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DENYING suggestions made at a L./meeting of Cardiff Transport Committee, that lack of vigilance on the part of conductors operating the pay-as-youenter system was responsible for the loss which he had previously reported on the running of Cardiff's trams, Mr. J. W. Dunning, transport manager, said that, on the contrary, the system was far more satisfactory than the ticket-andpunch method. There was a checking system between conductor and conductor, and the scheme was operating. successfully.
Profits on the undertaking for the six months ended September 30 were £16,107. Trolleybuses and oil-engined buses contributed balances of £5,872 and £37,825 respectively, and the trams lost £19,765.
Speaking on the proposed nationalization of transport undertakings, Aid. A. E. Gough said, that services operated for the public diould be under public control by the people on the spot, as related to the present system of focal government. Mr. Dunning said that under nationalization, trams and trolleybuses would not come under the purview of the regional board.