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I aging director of Guy Pertinent Remarks... Motors, Ltd., Mr. Sydney Guy, had the amusing experience of being part of his audience at the annual general meeting of the company. This seems to be a form of conservation of energy on his part. He had delivered a speech some weeks before to a mass meeting of employees of the company and of its associated concern, the Sunbeam Trolleybus Co., Ltd. This was recorded, later given to night-shift workers, and again used as first mentioned, but Mr. Guy then made an important personal addition. He referred to the regrettable suspension of trade between Brazil and Britain through lack of agreement resulting from the devaluation of sterling. Another reference was to a letter from a Spanish agent, suggesting that if the Board of Trade had demanded that Spain should import the number of vehicles laid down in the trade agreement, the picture would have been quite different. Apart from such help, Mr. Guy suggested that the Government could modify the legislation concerning the box dimensions of vehicles. Thus 30-ft. single-deckers and goods vehicles 8 ft. wide would 'simplify production.
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Should Any Dogs be THERE is an interesting Carried Free on controversy, going on in the
Buses ? correspondence pages of a
daily paper concerning whether or not dogs should be allowed on buses. In London and most other places, the matter lies within the discretion of the conductor. One may be willing, and the next not, depending upon his or her feelings at the time, the size of the animal, how full the vehicle may be and—more important still—if there be other dogs on the upper deck who might possibly start a fight. Recently one dog took the bull by the horns, jumped on to a front seat of the lower compartment and held up the bus by defying removal for an hour or so, until one knowledgeable man picked up the squatter and carried him out. Some people have suggested that the dog should be given a legal right to travel if a special ticket be purchased. Presumably:even then, the conductor would have authority to refuse an animal that would obviously be a nuisance to other passengers—just as he can exercise his judgment in the case of a human traveller. Apart from adding slightly to the financial return, dog tickets would discourage those people who had no real need to use public conveyances for their pets.
Some Bus Drivers Who Ignore Requests
PERHAPS the most annoy
to Stop . .
ing thing that can happen to a person waiting at a bus stop is to see the desired vehicle sailing away while, possibly, almost empty. This takes place quite frequently when one vehicle is at the stop point and another is overtaking it. The plausible excuse may be given that the signals of the people waiting cannot be seen, but too often it is a question of turning a blind eye. The conductor of one No. 17 bus, which we recently chased for nearly a mile on another vehicle, said that, normally, when he reaches the particular stop in Holborn at 7.30 p.m.—the time when " our " incident occurred --only two charladies are waiting, but they had not been there for some days. Drivers, however, should not rely upon request stops being devoid of wouldbe passengers or used only by "regulars."
Provincial Buses in London Puzzle Some "Fares
PASSENGERS in London
have become so accustomed. to the various types of bus normally used in the Metropolis that any slight deviation from type in the vehicles employed may cause perturbation. For example, there have been complaints that passengers could not find the bell pushes for notifying their wish to stop, and it is said that some people have travelled well beyond their destinations for this reason. The trouble is, of course, a passing one, and is due to the fact that quite a number of buses built for provincial use has been working in London, but these will soon be moved elsewhere as more new vehicles, designed especially for London, are delivered. Incidentally, the latest London models have a convenient bell " cord " which can be reached from any part of the lower deck.
Provincial Buses in London Puzzle Some "Fares