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HIGHER WEEK-END FARES TO BE DISCOURAGED
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Important Observations Made — by the South Eastern Area Commissioners WHEN the South Eastern Traffic Commisaioners, under the chairmanship of Mr. Rowand Harper, K.C., held their public sitting at Brighton, on May 5th, the chairman put forward several observations on points of principle and of practice in relation to road-service licences. It will be remembered that the first sitting of these Commissioners, held at Lewes, was dealt with in our issue dated April 21st.
The chairman, referring to the question of fares, said that the Commissioners were not prepared at present definitely to fix fares for excursions and tours. They were prepared, however, to fix minimum fares, and proposed to adopt for this purpose the fares which the respective applicants had themselves given in their schedules, unless special circumstances warranted the fixing of different fares. Where the applicants had scheduled higher fares, for certain days or times, those higher fares would
c62 be the minimum fares for those occasions. lithe parties to any application would provide evidence on which the Commissioners could form a proper judgment, the Commissioners might then be able to do something more than fix. minimum fares.
In regard to the fares for stagecarriage services, he stated that the Commissioners would fix the 'actual fares, adopting for this purpose either the fares scheduled with the applications, or such alterations of them as were thought fit after hearing the evidence.
He then dealt with the important point regarding the charging of higher fares on Bank 'Holidays, at the weekends and on other special occasions,
stating that there would appear to be little justification for such increases of fares and that it was doubted -whether, in the interests of the public, they should be permitted.
Another subject with which the chairman dealt was that of the partially empty vehicles running on the seine routes at the same times. The commissioners thought that there was seope for operators to Come to agreement with -each other and reduce the number of paitiallY empty vehicles. He did not regard the difficulties as being in any way insuperable In accrdaace with the intimati
oon' given at Lewes, the chairman announced that a condition would he attached to all licences and backings that the vehicles shoula not be driven at a Speed exceeding 30 m.p.h., or at any lower speed dangerous .to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case.