Co-ordination Plan for Eastbourne
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NEXT Wednesday, the town clerk, borough treasurer and transport manager are expected to submit to Eastbourne Corporation a detailed report on the proposed co-ordination agreement between Southdown Motor Services, Ltd.. and Eastbourne. Corporation:
Negotiations have been in progress lot many months, and the division of receipts is believed to have been mainly responsible for the delay in reaching a final decision.
It is reported that SouthdOwn Motor Services, Ltd., wishes to take part in Eastbourne in a co-ordination scheme similar to that operated at Portsmouth.
LONDON FARES CRITICIZED IF the basis upon which fares were pro' posed to be reckoned in London (lid. a mile) were to be adopted in the NorthEast, the return fare from Newcastle la South Shields would be increased from Is. 2d. to 2s. 7d., and the return fare between Newcastle and Durham from 2s. to 2s. lid.
Mr, G. W. Hayter, general manager of the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., made this statement in commenting on the proposed adjustment of London road and rail fares. The Id. fare. although long since abolished in London. was still available on the Northern system, said Mr. Hayter.
U.T.A. CHIEFS REPORT PROGRESS
PelEXT Monday, Mr. J. Courtney,
chief engineer. and Mr. .1. W. Hutton, chief traffic manager of the Ulster Transport Authority, will present to the Institutof Transport a paper on "Progress in the Co-ordination of Road and Rail Transport in Northern Ireland.The meeting will take place at 5.45 p.m. in the Jarvis Hall, 66. Portland Place. London, W.I.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE
A HUDDERSFIELD ,municipal ti single-deck bus, with •a police escort and an official photographer, recently visited the village of Upperthong, in the Pennines. near 1-lolmfirth. Photographs were taken of the vehicle at certain points. No official information about the visir is available, but the inference is drawn that evidence was obtained for use against Mr. J. H. Hobson, a Golcar operator, who is
applying . to the Yorkshire Licensing Authority for permission to provide a
stage-carriageservice.
As Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee declined to give such a service, the Upperthong villagers chartered a coach from Mr. Hobson
EXIT THE NAIRN BROTHERS
IT is reported that the Nairn brothers, Gerald and Norman. who started the famous desert coach service from Damascus to Bagdad, have retired from the business. They are returning to New Zealand and are said to have handed over the business to their Lebanese and Syrian staff.
NO BUSES TO SHOPS' •
BUSES are to be excluded from two of the main shopping streets-of Hastings, under a plan approved by the town council. A new bus station is to be built in Caroline Place, which will include provision for independent operators.
1,000 GUESTS AT DINNER
AORE than 1,000 people, including ivithe Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London. will be present at the annual dinner of the Road Haulage Association's Metropolitan and South Eastern Area, to_be held on March 27.