Welsh Municipalities and Heavy Traffic. Local authorities in South Wales
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which have been circularized to support the resolution of the St. Faith's Rural District Council to press the Ministry of Transport to introduce legislation to limit the use of roads by traction engines, and heavy vehicles have been mindful of the heaviness of much municipal transport when discussing the matter., • The Aberystwyth Rural District Council has declined to support the St. Faith's Council plea for united action on the lines indicated on the score that much of its own transport is "as heavy as anything on the roads," and that any condemnation of very heavy traffic would therefore be "inconsistent and unwise." In discussing the St. Faith's appeal the Abergavenny Rural District Council was also conscious of this aspect of the question. One member thought it would be sufficient to "ask owners of very heavy vehicles not to overload them." The surveyor said the Teal aim was to expedite the recommended legislation for the tyreing of very heavy. vehicles with rubber instead of iron. It was decided to support the action of tho St. Faith Council.
Express Bus Services at Manchester.
The Manchester municipal authorities inaugurated their first expreas bus service between Gatley and Heywood a few mouths ago, and it is now stated that the experiment has proved so successful that similar services arc to be instituted in other areas so soon as the necessary buses have been delivered. Other routes on which it is proposed that expresstbuses should operate a -e: West Didshury and Pendleton, Brooklands and . Guide Bridge, Heaton Chapel and Cheetham Rill, Whalley. Range and Hollinwood, and Vrmston. and Droylsden.
Newcastle Adding to Its Bus Fleet.
Newcastle Corporation, the motorbus fleet of which has, during the past year or two, grown into one of the largest and most up-tcedate in the country, has decided further to augment its bus activities by the purchase of another six machines at a cost of between f9,000 and £10,000. At the present time the corporation. operates about 58 pneumatie-tyred saloon omnibuses of A.D.C., Daimler, Dennis and Guy makes. The idea behind the purchase of the new vehicles is to ensure that a number of emerpncy units is available.