WORTHING SYSTEM A MODEL"
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THROUGH the absence of municipal services, the public of Worthing serv enjoys the benefit of uniform fares and a completely co-ordinated system of town and country routes. This general view was formed by a party of members of the Omnibus Society who, at the invitation of Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., visited Worthing, last Sunday, to study the local bus services. The party was accompanied by Mr. A. D. McKenzie, director and -traffic manager.
The principal routes, on which narrow roads and steep hills abound, were traversed and examined from the traffic-producing aspect, as well as from the viewpoint of operating difficulties. The system was acclaimed to be a model of company operation, WAS HALT SIGN LAWFUL?
THE question whether a halt sign in Bank Street, Lochee, had been lawfully placed there, was raised by Mr. J. W. Laverock, at Dundee Police
Court. The case was one in which James M'Gibbon, public-service-vehicle proprietor, Liff, was charged with failing to conform with the halt sign " lawfully placed" in Bank Street, Lochee.
It was maintained by Mr. Laverock that a motorist approaching High Street, Lochee, had a perfectly clear view of the major road in both directions before entering the main thoroughfare. Accordingly, unless the halt sign had been specially called for by the Minister of Transport, the local authorities had exceeded their lawful powers in erecting it.
The case was adjourned until September 15, when proof will be led on the question of the necessity of a halt sign at this junction.
LEEDS STATION TO BE BUILT.
LEEDS COrporation is to proceed with the provision of a bus station, the Ministry of Health having sanctioned a loan of £15,442 for the purpose.
RAIL-COUNCIL ENTERPRISE.
AST week Sheffield Corporation and
the L.M.S. Railway Co. opened a joint road-rail inquiry bureau, equipped with a device which, when a button is pressed, shows the local bus services at a glance,
POOLING PACT TO CONTINUE.
WHEN it expires next March, the agreement under which Burnley, Nelson and Colne Joint Transport Committee operates will be renewed for another seven years. The pooling arrangement is working well.