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Birkenhead residents are protesting in no measured terms against their noisy tramcars.
The London Road Car Co., Ltd., has now disappeared froni our table of Greater London's passenger transport. Each £6 share will now be exchanged for £3 10s. of L.G.O.C. stock, and the Road Car books have been closed.
Hull's Motorbuses.
There is considerable demand, round about Hull, that the " Commer-Car " motorbuses should not be used exclusively on the Stoueferry route, In other districts, such as Wine°lmlee, residents think they ought to participate in the benefits.
The Shrapnel mudguard will probably be fitted to the Is hole of the Great Eastern wuniblises before next winter conies round.
Irish Licences.
The Irish Motor Service Co., Ltd., whose managing director is Mr. J. G. W. Butler, and whose office was, some two years ago, transferred from Dalkey. co. Dublin, to Murrayfield. Edinburgh. continues its service between Warrenpoint and Rostrevor, much to the advantage of tourists and local residents, who previously had nothing beyond a service of one-horse tramcars. Some questions about the right to ply for hire are now under investigation by the Warrenpoint Council,
and Mr. Jeremiah MacVeagh, in the House of Commons, recently asked the Chief Secretary a question on this point. Mr. Birrell replied that the motorbus in question had not been licensed by the Warrenpoint under Section 76 of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1844.
In the Isle of Man.
A 30-32 li.p. " Commer-Car " station omnibus is attracting much notice in the Isle of Man. It is run by Mr. J. P. Smith, of the Hotel Metropole, Douglas, and is the first commercial motor to be employed in the island on permanent duty. It was. sold by Mr. Perks, a travelling representative of Commercial Cars, Ltd.
From enquiries made in the Aldershot district, we learn that the Aldershot and Farnborough Motor Omnibus Cu., Ltd., whose garage and depot is at HaEmote Road, Aldershot, is carrying a satisfactory number of passengers, notwithstanding an unfortunate mishap on the 13th June.
Scotland's Newest Service, The Carnoustie and Monifieth Motorbus Co., Ltd., whose registered office is at 20, Whitehall Street, Dundee, is running a motor char-h-banrs between Carnoustie and Dundee. Recent increases in the cost of railway season-tickets are likely to influence support for this road service. Messrs. Brown and Finlay are experiencing opposition on the road from Lochee to Tlirkhill and Muirhead, The Dundee magistrates have granted a licence, to Mrs. Cumming, of the Commercial Inn, Bi rkhi 11.
The Accident at Todmorderi. On the night of the 2nd inst., as the Todmorden Corporation's "No. 5 " Ryknield motorbus was travelling near 1 "THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR IS OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED BY THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR USERS' ASSOCIATION. (n) Hebden Bridge, at about 10 o'clock, the driver missed his gears close to the top of a short hill at a place called Lobmill Arches. The bus ran back, and got on the inclined side of the road, with the result that it tilted to an angle which caused the canopy— not the body as a whole—to strike a telegraph pole. The impact swung the body round as though on a pivot, the front portion slowly settling to the ground, whilst the back portion remained on the frame. The passengers were able to keep ,their seats in this position, but many of those inside were cut by broken glass, though only one ---a lady—was severely cut, and one other sustained a broken collar-bone. We learn that the passengers are all progressing favourably, and that the two more serious cases are well on the way to recovery. The explanation of the failure of the brakes is a matter which will, no doubt, be thoroughly investigated.