RULE AGAINST COMMISSIONER
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rIN Tuesday, a King's Bench 'L./Divisional Court (Lord Hewart and Justices MacKinnon and Ifilbery) granted an application by Phillipson's Motor Coaches, Ltd., for a rule to the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner.
Mr. W. T. Monckton, K.C. (for the applicant), said the rule was to call on the Commissioner to show cause why he should not be prohibited from suspending the applicant's licence for a London-Newcastle service, on the suggestion that there had been a breach of conditions regarding fares.
The point that was raised was brought into issue by -Elie practice of the applicant and Other operators to grant to passengers interavailable tickets. The Traffic Commissioner had not objected to operators issuing such tickets, but the Metropolitan Commissioner took the view that, in order to do it, there must be a specific condition on the licence. The Commissioner, added counsel, had held his
• hand pending the decision of the court on the question.