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adjournment until after the Budget of the application by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., to raise .heir fares is to be sought by Penrith Rural District Council. The applica:ion, which is due to be heard by the Northern Licensing Authority next Thursday, will also be opposed by six )ther local authorities. ,..ast week, the Northern Authority .efused to grant a similar adjournment o 35 local authorities who jointly mposed proposals made by the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., Ind other companies.
The hearing was, however, deferred intil last Tuesday, as a spokesman for he local authorities said that more time vould be needed to prepare their case.
The hearing of proposals for higher 'ares made by United Automobile Iervices, Ltd., was also deferred by he Northern Authority when the 35 )bjecting councils accepted the corntany's offer to hand over all papers and documents on which they were basing their arguments in support of the increase.
Making the offer, Mr. F. A. Stockdale -said it was conditional on the objectors submitting to his clients at least 24 hours before the new date of the hearing any documents they intended to use. The application is due to be heard today.
A loss of £26,000 in the current financial year is faced by Sunderland Transport Department, the Northern Licensing Authority was told last week. The department sought to increase its concessionary universal tickets from 5d. to 6d.
Mr. Denys Snow, for the department, said that it was its first application for an increase since 1951 and would yield an extra £15,000. The application was granted.
Ideal Motor Services. Market Weighton, were, last week, granted permission to increase fares.
LLESS than two months after the major oil companies raised the price of their petrol and oil fuel, a new British company, Kieft Oil Products, Ltd., has been established and is selling two grades of petrol and oil fuel at Id. a gallon less than the usual prices.
The cheaper fuel is being sold at six garages in Wolverhampton, Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Wellington, and deliveries will be made within a ' 50-mile radius of Birmingham.
Kieft Oil Products has been formed by 'Mr. Cyril Kieft, a drop-forging manufacturer, of Wolverhampton. He said last week that he had made arrangements with a South American oil company to supply him with not more than 10m. gallons of fuel a year.
He also disclosed that since last July he had been supplying the fuel at reduced prices to bus companies, industries, farmers, and some local authorities.