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STOCKPORT BEATS “NORTH WESTERN."
rr HE North-Western Traffic C,ornmis sioners have decided in favour of Stockport Corporation and against the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., in respect of rival claims to operate a newstage service from Green End to Mile End. This bus service will extend across Stockport from one boundary to the other, and is associated with a proposal for through running into Manchester.
Four days were occupied in the presentation of the case. The "North Western " held that the corporation's claim, put in without consultation with the company, contravened the running agreement between the two parties; also that, if the corporation were allowed to operate this service without joint participation . by the " North Western," the company's traffic would be abstracted.
SETBACK TO TROLLEYBUSES. WEST HARTLEPOOL Town Coun
cil has referred back to the transport committee a recommendation to approve in 'principle the development of the trolleybus system, as against its replacement by motorbuses. The committee favoured the promotion of a Provisional Order authorizing the use of trolleybuses on additional routes and the purchase of six trolleybuses at a cost of £11,412.
COMMISSIONERS CHAMPION CORPORATION.
BOURNEMOUTH Corporation has just scored a victory in its rivalry with Poole, The former authority has been granted by the South-Eastern Traffic Commissioners permission to run a motorbus service in Poole, although the corporation of that town supported a competitive application by Hants and Dorset Motor Services, Ltd. The company's application has failed.
The Commissioners state that, had
they allowed the company's application, the Hants and Dorset concern would, under a statutory agreement with Bournemouth Corporation, have been able, for the next 18 years, to veto any proposal by Bournemouth to run motorbuses or trolleybuses along Wallisdown Road (an important section of the route in dispute). Such a result, they consider, would be contrary to the public interest.
MORE OILERS FOR CARDIFF.
CARDIFF Transport Committee has ....adopted a scheme drawn up by Mr. William Forbes, general manager, for the replacement of the trams passing through Wood Street by oil-engined buses. The change-over is expec*d to bring in an annual profit of £4,000 for the two routes.
BIGGEST TRAM CONVERSION.
LONDON TRANSPORT'S biggest LA conversion from trams to trolleybuses took place last Sunday. Four new services, covering • 15 miles and employing 85 trolleybuses, were introduced in place of six tram routes. The vehicles incorporate carbon-shoe collectors, instead of trolley wheels.
NEW LONDON AGREEMENT.
ANEW agreement for the operatives has been drawn up between the Transport and General Workers Union and London Transport. Among the points upon which agreement has been reached are the following:—Extension of the eight-hour day and the 48-hour week to all employees; abolition of Sunday spread-over duties.
It was announced on Tuesday that the Union executive had temporarily suspended the central busmen's committee, which was in control of the recent strike, while the machinery of the section was investigated. The executive has taken full charge of the London busmen.
The Board is investigating the possibility of running fewer buses in central London and of making other modifications to services.