"THE ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE FORD"
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deals with the care, repair, upkeep and adjustment of the car, and van, and the truck.
Price 2/6
it became necessary to allocate new stands, and these were brought into use on November 1st.
Mr. Proud admitted that Mr. Huntly's. application was the first seeking permission to run on the route in question, and painted out that the answers given by the United Automobile Services, Ltd..to the questionnaire were considered to be the most satisfactory. This company proposed to make an all-round charge of 1d., and he added that as they possessed extensive connections they were likely to provide efficient services.
Mr. Wooler, stating the case for his clients, who, he said, represented a total capital of £5,650 and owned 18 vehicles, pointed out that their weekly takings averaged £421. The area of the Market Place was 11. acres of open space, and. he contended that the council had no power to restrict the operations of his clients, who, he pointed out, had so far refrained from running their vehicles against the wishes of the authority in the interests of good government.
Mr. Fisher said that there seemed to be tome very narrow streets and dangerous corners in the town, and it appeared to him quite proper for the council to express the view that the interests of the public were not going to be served by large numbers of buses in opposition.
The inquiry lasted for two hours, and the Ministry is expected to give an early decision on the points in dispute. .
The other inquiry; which was 'conducted at Hetton, concerned the refusal of the Hetton Urban District Council to grant licences to the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., of Chesterle-Street, to ply for hire in the urban area, and was the sequel of a prosecution by the authority which had been adjourned pending the decision of the Ministry of Transport.
Mr. F. Kirby, of Newcastle, who appeared on behalfof the Northern General Transport Co., said that he was obliged to mention the name of the Sunderland District Tramways Co. in the course of his statement. Motorbus companies had, he said, usually respected the position of a tramway undertaking, and his clients had -in the past endeavoured not to enter into competition with the services maintained by the Sunderland District Tramways Co. The situation, however, had been entirely altered by the fact that the tramway company had decided to substitute motorbuses for tramcars, not only on existing routes, but, furthermore, to carry out extensions of their system by means of motor vehicles, which would include services over routes now provided for by the Northern General Transport Co.
Mr. Turnbull, who appeared for the local authority, said that the council held the view that the needs of the district were already met by the Sunderland District Tramways Co., who had been in existence for 20 years. He pointed out that, upon deciding to change over from trams to buses, this company had ascertained, in the first place, whether the council offered any objection, and they were assured that there was no opposition to the scheme. The council had not, he said, expected any other company to run vehicles in opposition.
The Ministry's decision will be announced at a later date.