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Blackpool at last possesses one licensed taxicab.
Our latest figures show that there are, on the London streets, 1921 licensed motorbuses.
Lowestoft Town Council has refused to grant licences to the 'United Aluoinobile Services Ltd , to run motorbus services.
Plymouth Town Council is desirous to purchase a motor ambulance, and the matter is shortly to be settled by the Watch Committee.
Halleys Abroad.
A correspondent at Travancore tells us that Halley vehicles will shortly maintain a service between that town and Tinnevelly, and that the vehicles have been purchased through Messrs. Simpson and Co., of Mount Road, Madras.
Uncertainty as to Taxicab Award.
Owing to the fact that interested parties were uncertain as to the exact interpretation of certain clauses in the recent taxicab arbitration award, which we published in this journal on the 14th March, the paragraphs in question were referred to the Board of Trade for a definite ruling as to their meaning. The clauses in doubt were, No. 11, which had reference to the formation of a conciliation board, and No. 5, Section B, which appointed Sunday as a regular rest day, and Section G, which described the way in which waiting time was to be dealt with. We shall inform our readers of the official interpretation, when it becomes available. In the House of Commons on 12th June, Mr. Masten:flan, replying to a question, said that there was no provision for the remission of duty on petrol used in propelling motor ambulances, but the question of the amendment of the law upon this point was under consideration.
. More L.G.O.C. Extensions. We hear that six new services will be inaugurated by the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., to-day, the 20th. Service No. 8 will in future be from Willesden to Old
Ford. Service No. 25 will cover the ground between Victoria and Seven Kings. Services .1. 41, R6 and 39 will run between : Muswell Hill and Pimlico Tanen Park and Old Ford : West Kilbere to Catford and Sidcup to Victoria—respectively.
Police Inspect New Daimler.
We are able to reproduce herewith two photographs of the new Daimler London-type bus. This vehicle came by road from Coventry on Thursday. the 13th inst.. and was sent to Scotland Yard on Friday last in order to undergo the official police inspection. The vehicle was the subject of great interest to the Scotland Yard officials. A return to Coventry was made on Friday evening, to allow of the modification of a. few small details ; when these are completed, it is expected that the new Daimler will soon become an interesting addition to the types of public-service vehicles which have secured Scotland Yard's cachet.
The L.C.C. tramway receipts for the week ended the 5th inst., were £42,753, compared with £50,532, for the coiresponding week of 1911; the L.G.O.C. receipts, for the week ended the 15th inst., were £54,830, compared with £44,842 for the corresponding week of 1911. The L.C.C. decrease is £7779, whilst the L.G.O.C. gain is ..C.'99R8.
Alleged Fraud in Australia.
The case in which Charles Brown Kellow and Raymond Ewart Kemsley are charged with having conspired with others to obtain large sums of money from the Melbourne Motor Cab Co., has for some while been before the Courts in Australia. In his direction of the jury, Mr. Justice Cussen reminded them that the prosecution had been conducted by the Attorney.General of the State of Victoria. It was true that Tozer, Kemsley and Fisher had not made much out of the whole of the shipments of cabs to the company. The jury had to be satisfied that there was a combination unlawfully to defraud the taxicab company. The first position that the Crown put was that Tozer, Kemsley and and Fisher, to the knowledge of the accused, were persons who were purchasers at the best manufacturers' prices on behalf of the taxicab company. It had been shown that the shippers did not let them have goods on these terms. The jury was finally discharged owing to disagreement. The defendants were, on the last advice, remanded on bail to the next sittings of the Criminal Court.