THE M.H.C.S.A. TRIBUNAL TO STABILIZE FARES
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Five Good Men Given a Free Hand to Tackle a Difficult and Far-reaching Task • IN our issue dated August 25th, on page 54, we announced that the Motor , Hirers and Coach Services Association had decided to set up a tribunal to investigate the whole question of fares. The decision followed the announcement made by the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner that he proposed, probably in the autumn, to hold an inquiry, under Section 72 (6) of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, into the matter of fares charged by competitive forms of passenger transport.
Mr. F. A. Flinn, chairman of the management committee of the M.H.C.S.A., who is managing director of . the M.T. C9., London, was asked to select his colleagues, and he has succeeded in forming a strong committee. The other members, whose names we are now able to announce, are Mr. Stewart Cole, E.C.A., chairman of directors of the United Service Transport Co., Ltd.; Mr. J. B. Elliott, managing director of Redcar Services, Ltd.; Mr. A. E. C. Bryant, traffic manager of Greyhound Motors, Ltd.; and Mr. M. Logette, managing director of G.B. (Motor Tours), Ltd. These five men will select their own chairman before commencing work. All are members of the M.H.C.S.A., and all have experience in road-transport costs, particularly as regards passenger services, which qualifies them for their task.
At this stage it is impossible to say the lines which the inquiry will take, for, although the original aim was to submit a useful report to the Metropolitan Commissioner, it is obvious that routes operating in and from London affect other traffic areas, and it would be difficult to deal with the question from the point of view of the Metropolitan Traffic Area alone. The tribunal is not asked to submit its recommendations first to the committee of the M.H.C.S.A., although, naturally, the latter body will, if it thinks fit, make its own comtaents to the Traffic Commissioners.