LONDON TRANSPORT APPEAL DISMISSED
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LAST week, the City of London Quarter Sessions upheld the conviction of London Transport for permitting a bus to be used which was emitting smoke that could reasonably have been prevented. The Board was fined 25. A second complaint was lodged to the effect that the vehicle was making excessive noise.
Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett, for London Transport, attributed the issue of smoke to the fracture of a piston, which occurred on the journey and which could not have been foreseen. The Court dismissed the Board's appeal with 25 guineas costs, as, in its view, the excessive smoke and noise could have been prevented by taking reasonable steps.
TORQUAY OWNERS' ,DEFENSIVE.
TORQUAY Corporation's traffic J. committee has agreed that the conditions as to routes and the picking up and setting down of passengers, applicable to local coach operators, be imposed also on outside operators of tours into the town. Torquay and District Motor Coach Owners Association has made representations to this effect.
SECTIONAL BOARD FOR NORTH-WEST
MITH the object of setting up a secW tional board on the passenger side, a meeting has been arranged by A.R.O. East Lanes Area to be held at the Exchange Hotel, Manchester, on Janu ary 13, 'at 4 p.m, Operators and associations throughout the NorthWestern Area (excluding North Wales, for which other arrangements will be made) have received invitations to be present. An address will be given by Mr. F. A. Flin. Mr. C. Y. Lloyd (Finglands Hire Cars, Ltd.) and Nit. H. Allen (Yelloways) will also speak.