ANOTHER APPEAL TO THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT.
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The Ministry of Transport's representative, on July .6th, conducted a public . inquiry at Newport (Mon.') into. the complaint made by Lewis and James (Ltd.),: Western Valleys-Garage and 'Engineering Co., Newbridge, Mon., against the refusal of the Neovt. Corporation to allow their buses to p..y for hire within the Newport Borough. The company appealed to the -Ministry in respect of facilities for a terminus required at Newport for their vehicles running to the town from Risea, Abrearn and drumlin. For the comnanfl Mr. Gordon Edwards, Newport, urged that the condi• tions imposed by the Newport Council were -unreasonable, the services would be used by a population of 30,600 who reaided in the districts from which per.
B26 mission was sought to rim into Newport. Therewere two Services, Crumlin to Newport and Cwmfelirifach to Newport, and, at present, en 'Sundays there was. no train service to Newport from the mining valleys. The buses met the public ned for travel facilities.
The Corporation in attempting to govern fares, times of running and stopping places of bus services outside the berough boundary was ultravireS. The buses only ran for about half a mile into the Newport area, to Mill Street, and if it was objected that they competed with the trams, he would show that the councils of the areas served by the buses -had spent large sums Oct the roads of the routes in their areas.
The company would, without preju dice, agree; if it would obviate difficulties, to make a charge of 3d. per passenger from Barrack Lane to Mill Stitet, and on the eutward journey the buses would stop at the Rises Road tram terminus -and carry passengers on to Barrack Lane for a penny each. The Town Clerk replied for the Cor-_ poration, and pointed out that the council was trying to make its tramways undertaking pay. The sum of 2309,000, plus an addifienai large sum for plant, had been spent on the trainways. When the buses ran to Mill Street instead of stopping at the tram terminus, the _revenue of the trams fell £25 to 230 per week. The decision of the Ministry in this interesting case has not yet been published.