Shoppers' Cheap Tickets to Go?
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("HEAP return tickets for shoppers, \--available between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., are to be withdrawn by West Bromwich
Transport Committee. The proposal to do so was included in the terms of settlement of a recent dispute with the traffic staff, which were approved last week by the town council.
The shopping tickets cannot be dealt with by the ticket-issuing machines which are being introduced. Application will be made to the Licensing Authority for ratification of the proposed withdrawal.
WHOSE IS THE WORK TICKET?
THE question of the ownership of the work tickets issued to coach drivers on private-party work has recently been raised by the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association. In one case a driver had refused to return the ticket to the operator and has passed it to a trade union. According to the P V.O.A., unless the ticket is given to the driver on the understanding that he may keep it, it is the property of the operator, and is held by the driver on the operator's behalf.
The Road Traffic Act, 1934, states that a work ticket must be carried by a driver to enable a party to qualify as a private party on a special occasion. The ticket must contain certain statutory provisions and must be produced on demand by an authorized person.
FEWER "NO COACHES" SIGNS?
THE Brewers' Society has asked its members to give sympathetic consideration to the needs of coach travellers. It has suggested that many of the difficulties which lead to the display of "No Coaches" notices might be overcome if operators could inform inn-keepers and hotels—particularly in the case of small establishments --that coaches would be stoppirig.
In making this approach to its members, the Society points out that operators cannot always do this and that traffic delays can make it difficult for a coach to keep to a timetable.
MORE SUPPORT FOR RILL
AT a meeting held last week, Cheltenham Chamber of Commerce decided to support the Transport (Amendment) Bill. Mr. C. D. Johnstone described the Government's dealings with hauliers as showing "Communist technique."
Coun. F. Strickland said: " Many of us have had the pluck to stay outside the Road Haulage Executive ad not hand our businesses over. We feel that all the support we can get is wanted."
INDUS1RY A " M1LCH COW" DISAPPOINTMENT that motor traders' associations had not stood up to the Government more vigorously was expressed last week by Mr. Trevor Laker, sales director of the John Bull Rubber Co., Ltd., when he spoke at the annual dinner of the Derbyshire section of the Motor Agents' Association. The Government apparently regarded the industry as an inexhaustible mulch cow