Authority's View on Staff Difficulties
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STAFF troubles of large transport undertakings were not sufficient reason for the provision of direct services by smaller operators, stated the West Midland Licensing Authority last week, when Healey Mouldings, Ltd., Oldbury, backed an application by Messrs. H. G. Lawrence and E. W. Webster to provide a coach service for the benefit of the company's workpeople.
It was stated that the Healey concern had moved from Walsall and employees found difficulty in reaching the factory by using West Bromwich and Walsall municipal buses. Many workers had threatened to leave.
For the municipal undertakings concerned, Mr. J. Allen said that no representations had been made that existing services were inadequate. For the applicants, Mr. J. C. Sellars said that even if the extra buses were provided, passengers would still have to change twice and have a .1-mile walk.
The Authority stated that the difficulties in the case were such that a grant was justified.
"LEAVE A SPECIAL OCCASION" "
LEAVE EAVE is a very special occasion, not only for those who depart from Yatesbury but for those waiting for them at the other end." This submission was made to Caine magistrates on Monday by Mr. P. E. G. Mather, defending Pebley 11 e a ch Coaches, Wroughton, Wilts, who were fined £5 on each of two charges for using a coach without a licence, plus £5 14s. 6d. costs.
The question that arose was whether the carriage of airmen proceeding on leave from Yateshury to Hull was a special occasion. Mr. M. McGregor Johnson, prosecuting, said that the occasion must be special at the end of a journey for the trip to be made under contract hire.
WESTERN WELSH TO "INVADE" ULSTER
ONE of two new tours which are to be operated by. the Western Welsh • Omnibus Co., Ltd., in 1955 will be to Northern Ireland and the English Lakes. It will be the first time the company have included Northern Ireland in their itinerary.
The other innovation will be a three days' tour to Goodwood Races, which will cost £9 5s. The Northern Ireland and English Lakes tour will be of 12 days' duration (f42).
Other tours are:—
Glasgow Policy Change Tram Decision Soon ?
A CHANGE in the policy of Glasgow in. Transport Committee, who have hitherto followed an expansionist scheme, is indicated by the decision to transfer certain Clydebank services to the Central S.M.T. Co., Ltd. The routes are those taken over as the result of absorbing the old tram system.
The development is in line with the recommendations of the Inglis Report.
A decision may soon be given by the corporation upon the future of the city's tramways system. They have to settle whether to abandon the trams and whether motorbuses or trolleybuses—or both—should take their place. A £1m. extension to the Pinkston power station being opened today may influence the decision.
4d. AMILE TOO HIGH
BECAUSE they felt that 4d. a mile was an unreasonable rate to charge, the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., have been granted permission by the West Midland Licensing Authority to reduce fares between Priors Lee and Oakengates on their Wcilverhampton-Wellington service.
The Authority, Mr. W. P. James, said of an objection by the Shropshire Omnibus Association .that a reduction would mean a loss of passengers to them, that he felt their apprehension had been rated much too highly.
Summons Against Conductress Fails
A CHARGE that a conductress of ti Burton-on-Trent Transport Departmentment had failed to ensure the safety of a passenger was dismissed by the borough magistrates last week. The case had been resumed after a fortnight's adjournment. Earlier proceedings were reported in the November 19 issue of The Commercial Motor.
An elderly woman stepped on the platform of defendant's bus. The vehicle pulled away and the woman was dragged along.
Defending Ivy. Maud Jones, Princess Street, Burton-on-Trent, Mr. J. Kauntze said that the prosecution had not proved whether or not it was she who rang the bell, which could easily have been rung by another passenger. If the magistrates were convinced that Jones had rung the bell, they had to consider whether she had taken reasonable care.
The chairman said that the evidence showed an element of doubL BRIDGES FOR HULL I EVEL crossings in Anlaby Road and Hessle Road, Hull, may be replaced by road bridges over the track. Talks between representatives of the Corporation and British Railways have proceeded well and schemes concerning three other level crossings in the city have also been proposed. To take the railway over the road would be more costly than building road bridges.