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and Son tcCream Line Services); Tonmawr, near Neath, applied to the South Wales Licensing Authority, last week, for permission to raise their fares, Mr. A. H. Colley, clerk to Neath Rural District Council, who objected, said he had counted 96 people leaving one of the firm's single-deck buses.
" It was impossible to collect all the fares. said Mr. Colley. He reminded the Authority that the firm had already been warned that serious consideration would be given to the withdrawal of their licence if more complaints were received.
Mr. C. R. Hodgson, chairman, said the firm's services would be watched by one of his inspectors, and appropriate steps would be taken if there were overcrowding, or if the number of vehicles operating was fewer than' officially scheduled.
An increase was granted in respect of . one route. Decision on another was reserved.
ABNORMAL LOADS: SCOTTISH CHANGES
WITH the transfer to the Secretary of State for Scotland of responsibility for roads, bridges and ferries in Scotland, changes have occurred in the arrangements for carrying abnormal indivisible loads.
In the case of movements covered by the Motor Vehicles (Authorization of Special Types) General Order, 1955, and to be made entirely in Scotland, or originating in Scotland and continuing into England, application for a route must be made to the chief road engineer, Scottish Home Department, Bankhead Avenue, Sighthill, Edinburgh, 11. This officer also deals with applications for Special Orders where the total weight of vehicle and load exceeds 150 tons, or the overall width of vehicle and load exceeds 20 ft.
The assistant chief engineer (bridges section), Ministry of Transport, 21-37 Hereford Road, London, W.2, continues to deal with applications for routes and Special Orders for movements entirely in England or Wales, or originating in England or Wales and continuing into Scotland.
T.S. BUS FOR POSTERITY OPERATED until 1938 by Douglas Corporation, a Tilling-Stevens petrol-electric bus has been presented to the British Transport Commission for preservation as an example of a type of vehicle familiar in London from 1923
33, The design was evolved by the Daimler and Tilling companies, and Mr. Percy Trout Smith and Mr. W. A. Stevens.
Douglas bought two of the buses in 1923 and the model presented to the B.T.C. is one of them. It covered 185,000 miles in service and carried over lm. passengers. It was sold to a private collector in 1938.