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The watch committee of Colchester Corporation is to consider sites for a central motor park.
Liverpool Corporation's tramways committee has approved a scheme for linking up the cross-city bus services.
Manchester Corporation proposes to inaugurate services of double-deck buses from Trafford Park to Sale and Flixton.
The tramways committee of Liverpool Corporation recommends the provision of bus services on the Carr Lane tramways route.
Alderman Bailey has been appointed chairman of the Sheffield Corporation, L.M.S. and L.N.E. Railways Joint Omnibus Committee for 1931.
It is considered to be impracticable at present to provide a municipal bus station at Oldham. Further investigations are, however, to be made.
Coalville Urban District Council has licensed buses which are to be run by the Birmingham and Midland Omnibus Co., Ltd., in place of the passenger trains between Loughborough and Nuneaton.
Dewsbury Corporation has agreed to support the Yorkshire Electric Tramways Transport Bill, which seeks power to substitute buses for trams, subject to a certain division of profits between the company and the corporation, The Oxford authority has refused to grant permission to the Cliffs Express Services to ply for hire in the city on the London-Llanelly route, via Oxford, Gloucester and Cardiff, this route being, it is stated, already adequately served.
c22 A programme of trolley-bus development is planned for 1931 by the Nottingham municipal authorities.
Weston-super-Mare Urban District Council may consider the advisability of operating municipal bus services.
Accrington Corporation has secured a grant of £3,380 towards the cost of extensions to be carried out to the municipal motorbus garage.
The Oldham licensing authority bas refused to transfer the bus licences held by Holt Bros. (Rochdale), Ltd., to General Travel Bookings, Ltd.
The Wakefield municipal authority has adjourned consideration of an application of the National Coachways, Ltd., to ply for hire in Wakefield on a Glasgow-London service.
We understand that Lawrence Motor Services, Ltd., which has been operating a fleet of 13 vehicles on daily services in the Fleetwood, Thornton, Cleveleys and Poulton areas, has been taken over by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd.
The Ministry of Transport, Lincoln Corporation and the London and NorthEastern Railway Lb. are to confer regarding proposals for dealing with the level-crossing problem in Lincoln, involving the construction of high-level roadways.
,G. T. Riches and Co., Ltd., 19 and 20, Store Street, London, W.C.1, has issued an interesting little booklet dealing with the new motoring laws, and a copy can be obtained by any of our readers sending 11d. for postage to the address we have given.