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STOKE PROTESTS AGAINST APPEAL DECISION
A_ STRONGLY worded letter concern
ing the decision of the Minister of Transport in connection with the recent appeal of Stoke-on-Trent Corporation against the West Midland Traffic Commissioners' action in permitting local bus operators to abolish coupon fares, is being addressed to the Minister by the corporation.
It may be recalled that the inspector who heard the appeal refused to call upon the Potteries Electric Traction Co., Ltd., to produce its books. The corporation contends that the Traffic 844 Commissioners possess too much power and complains against the existing system of appeals. It is submitted that neither the Commissioners nor the Minister had sufficient evidence to be able to reach a fair decision.
' CARDIFF STATION APPROVED.
AFTER many months of negotiation, Cardiff City Council decided, last week, to approve a scheme for the establishment of an important bus station in Cardiff. A request of the Cardiff Ratepayers Associations for delaying for a month consideration oil the plan was overruled. REORGANIZING BLACKPOOL TRANSPORT,
CERTAIN recommendations of Black
pool's transport manager for the reorganization of the transport department have been referred back by the town council to a special general-purpose committee.
The manager made 32 suggestions with a view to converting into a profit the annual deficit on the transport system. These included the centralization of the transport department, the purchase of 12 new buses, and a drastic reduction in the number of free passes issued.