New Regulations on . Oilers Urged
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E campaign in Parliament against I smoke from oil engines was carried a stage further last week when Mr. R. S. Russell (Con., Wembley S.) asked the Home Secretary to arrange for such offences to be recorded separately. in "Offences Relating to Motor Vehicles.— He also wanted to know how many prosecutions or warnings for excessive smoke had been given in the Metropolitan Police District in recent months.
Mr. David Renton replied that the extra work of recording smoke offences separately would not be justified. In the 12 months to September 30 last 73 persons were prosecuted and 77 were warned for smoke offences committed in the Metropolitan Police District. There were no separate figures relating to oil-engined vehicles.
On another question, Mr. Renton undertook that a suggestion by Mr. H. J. Delargy (Lab.. Thurrock) that the powers of licensing authorities over the revocation of hackney-carriage drivers' licences should be increased, would be noted for consideration if an opportunity for legislation occurred.
COACH OPERATORS NAME A NEW ENEMY
ONE of the reasons for a falling off in business experienced by northern coach operators last season was the wider use of privately owned vehicles, such as small buses and dual-purpose vehicles. This suggestion was made at Wigan, last week, by Mr. Arthur Stringfellow, chairman of the Wigan and District Excursion and Tour Operators' Association.
He said traders were using these vehicles for ordinary business purposes, and were then carrying passengers on a private hire basis for such things as holiday and fishing trips. In this way, the owners met general running costs and supplemented their incomes.
Mr. F. Williamson, chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners. forecast that better times would come. Even the proudest car owners got rather tired of driving all the time and liked the chance of a coach ride, he told the Association.
SECTION'S FUTURE IN Douwr
THE future of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire section of the Institute of _Transport will be reviewed next year. The section's activities have been suspended because meetings were poorly attended. Bedfordshire members have been attached to the Metropolitan section.
The Institute's annual report says that there was an increase last year of 218 members.
The suggestion that the history and development of transport should be added to the Institute's examination subjects was being considered, with other proposals, by a sub committee under the chairmanship of Mr. J. L. Harrington.