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application to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners at Leeds on Monday he Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., to fares by not more than Id. on 169 :s, was resisted by eight local authoriMr. W. A. Goss, representing the ctors, said it was another attempt to on to the public the whole of a wage use.
le objectors were Doncaster and tley Rural District Councils, •Warsugh, Hoyland Nether,.Mexborough, [worth and Dearne Urban District acils,.and Barnsley Corporation. r. W. R. Hargrave, for the company, that in September, 1957, fares were I on mileage scales for the first time. be application were granted, those ;s would in certain respects be raised. Le dominant reason for the applicawas the increase in costs in a full of £36,950, of which £31,000 was ed by a wage award. There was an additional £4,000 to be found for but this had been offset by reduced Age. ning a 17-week period between her last year and February this year a comparable period between her, 1957, and February, 1958, pts had dropped by £15,000. The ; receipts for the later of those two )ds were £485,000, compared with ,000 for. the previous period. r. N. H. Dean, general manager, cd in evidence that directly wages he asked for higher fares. He also ed that last year ,the company had ;rand year." Last year's profit was )est since 1953. One of the reasons the decrease in receipts was the ction in the conveyance of miners Saturday morning because of a fiveweek, r. Goss remarked that with a "grand " recently ended, the application a little odd. Decision was reserved.
HER FARES FOR MACBRAYNE RMISSION to raise fares was ;ranted last week by the Scottish ac Commissioners to David Brayne, Ltd. They originally sought )crease all fares, but at the hearing amended their application to link recent increases awarded to Scottish ribuses. The result is that only fares 5d. are affected.
r. John R. Cameron, assistant traffic ager, said the bus section of the pany was operating at a loss and Id continue to do so even with the er fares. They could find no further ; of economizing. Under the terms the amended application, people :Bing regularly on shorter routes Ed not be affected.
verness and Argyll County Councils cted
BEDFORDS VISIT EUROPE URTEEN Bedford vehicles left Dunstable on Monday on an 8,000sales-promotion tour of Europe. 7 ranged from a 10-cwt. van to a lorry and 'a coach.