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of the movement initiated by the Motor Hirers' and Coach Services Association, in protest against the proposed drastic limitation of motor-coach traffic in inner London, the Gilford Motor Co., Ltd., has petitioned users of Gilford vehicles to take active steps in the campaign.
It is imperative, urges the company, that every coach owner should make strong representations against the suggested course of action.
Whether the proposed regulations directly affect an individual operator or not the manifesto argues, there can be little doubt that they constitute the thin end of the wedge, and that the idea of restriction will be extended to all large cities, and a thriving industry, with vast sums invested in it and undoubtedly serving a great public
demand, will be crippled. "Modification of the proposals will not help us," it continues ; "the whole principle is wrong, and so we have been doing our
utmost directly and indirectly to defeat the proposals."
Operators are advised to take either of two courses—to write direct. to the Roads Department of the Ministry of Transport, or to seek the support of the local Member of Parliament in opposing the proposals when tabled for the approval of the House.
Points on which opposition should be based are suggested as follow :—That public-service vehicles which, by securing profitable business, are proving their value to the public should not be prohibited; that further restrictions which make a public service difficult to render should not be imposed until other obvious abuses of crowded thoroughfares, such as horse-drawn traffic and private shopping vehicles, have been dealt with ; that immense sums of money are invested in the motor-coach industry; and that unemployment has already resulted from the uncertainty created by the policy of the Minister.