TRAFFIC ACT ANOMALY.
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LAST Monday, Mr. A. T. V. Robinson
heard, at the Ministry of Transport, London, an appeal by Green Line Coaches, Ltd., against the refusal of the Eastern TrafficCommissioners to license the Welwyn-Ilitchin section of the company's Hitehin-Reigate service. The appeal was opposed by Birch Brothers, Ltd., Messrs, W. and G. Beaumont, Queen Line, Ltd., and the London and North Eastern Railway Co.
Doling the hearing; Mr. Robinson referred to the anomaly in the Road Traffic Act by which no provision was made in the case of a service Passing through two or more traffic areas being licensed only in part. In such circumstances, the operator could only appeal to the Minister of Transport, the Green Line case being of this class.
On behalf of Green Line Coaches, Ltd., it was statedthat the Metropoli
tan Traffic Commissioner had allowed the company to run hourly on that section of the route within his area, and had granted the licence after considering representations by opposing parties.
For Birch Brothers, Ltd., it wasmentioned that the company had been in. existence for nearly 150 years and that it had reached an agreement with Messrs. Beaumont whereby a co-ordinated hourly service was being operated. It was contended that there was no
need for the Green Line service. •