Apartheid Will Hit Passenger Services
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THEfull enforcement of apartheid would have serious financial effects on services carrying passengers of all classes on the same vehicles, said Mr. W. T. Lever, president of the South African Road Passenger Transport Association, at the Association's conference in Cape Town.
The Minister of Transport said that it was an accepted principle that natives be given preference to trade in their own territories. The employment of native drivers and conductors 1:• municipalities was in accordance with official policy.
The sole object of the clause in the Motor Carrier Transportation Amendment Bill, now before Parliament, providing for racial segregation on public service vehicles, was to obtain separate seating accommodation on the basis of race. No other form of control was contemplated.
Another clause related to ' the co-ordination of a proposed service
with an existing service. No application for a new service would be granted until a railway administration, a local authority or a designated operator had been given reasonable opportunity of applying_
TRANSPORT SHORTAGE IN COVENTRY?
COMPLAINTS that Coventry was k•-• being deprived of transport because of denationalization were made at Leamington, Ilist week, at, a luncheon arranged by the local Conservative Association. It was suggested that vehicles were being purchased and sold again in another part of the country.
Mr, E. L. Claridge, chairman of the Association, said: "In Coventry alone I believe it is right to say that 65 vehicles have gone from the district and people who require road haulage are having difficulty."
Mr. FL Molson, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, said that he would have expected that if there were an unsatisfied demand in Coventry it would be in tile interests of those who bought vehicles to operate in the district.
SMALLS LICENCE REFUSED DEFUSING the application of Mr. J.
Darling. Newcastle upon Tyne, who sought a B licence to start a smalls service within a 15-mile radius, the Northern Licensing Authority stated last Friday: "Carrying of this kind is very highly specialized. Before traders can expect licences to be granted to newcomers, they should make the fullest inquiries about the existing services."
Four witnesses from wholesalers were called. Each agreed that existing services were being used when questioned by Mr. J. L. R. Croft, for British Road Services, who objected. One witness admitted that his company were mainly concerned in " getting cheaper transport " if possible.