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INQUIRY TO "SHOW CAUSE" FOLLOWS PROSECUTION
AFTER a recent prosecution at Sheffield, in which she was the defendant, a public inquiry was held there on July 18 to enable Mrs. Lilian Doris Hadfield, 51, Montgomery Terrace Road, Sheffield, to show cause why her public service vehicle licences and permits in respect of a fleet of nine coaches should not be revoked.
When a scheme for changing the control of the Hadfield business had been outlined by counsel for Mrs. Hadfield, the proceedings were adjourned for two months. This scheme, counsel explained, provided for formation of a company by Mrs. Hadfield's sons and daughters. Originally it was proposed .hat Mrs. Hadfield and her husband should be shareholders and directors of the company, but on legal advice the plan had been changed to exclude them from such participation.
Announcing the two months' adjournment, Major F. S. Eastwood, chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, gave warning that any further offence by Mrs. Hadfield as an operator, or by the projected company, would cause immediate revocation of licences and permits.
SELLING TRANSPORT TO THE PUBLIC
AN idea that might be used by other operators is contained' in an A.B.C. of London Transport, a pocket-sized digest designed to tell travellers littleknown facts about the Board's 17,000 road and rail vehicles and 95,000 workers.
The booklet presents the information concisely and under headings arranged in alphabetical order, It explains that there are 6,900 buses and coaches available for service, Of which 1,100 are single-deckers, and that they operate over 2,608 miles of road. Capital expenditure on vehicles at December 31 last was i11,351,000. Between July 1,
1933, and June 30, 1939, 34269 new vehicles were placed in service.
Another snippet of information is that each passenger vehicle is completely overhauled after about 90,000 miles.
MINISTRY AUTHORIZES NEW FARES ON TROLLEYBUSES
REVISED trolleybus fares drawn up by Darlington Corporation have been approved by the Ministry of Transport, and will be brought into operation as Goon as possible The corporation is applying to the Northern Traffic Commissioners for a continuation of the protection given to the trolleybus. service by other operators.
The corporation has, however, decided on a long-term policy of replacing trolleybuses by motorbuses, and is now seeking to exchange for motorbuses six trolleybuses which it has ordered. A deputation is to visit the Ministry of Transport to discuss the proposed change-over. LIVERPOOL PLACES BIG 'ORDERS FOR BUSES
A NEW order for 100 Regent 4—S. Mark III chassis placed with the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., will make Liverpool Corporation the largest municipal operator of A.E.C. Regent Mark III double-deckers. with 9-6-litre oil engines. With the number of similar models ordered earlier this year, Liverpool will have 200 Regent Mark III buses.
The corporation has also ordered 50 Crossley oilers with the maker's 56seater metal body.
Fifty Leyland double-decker chassis have also been ordered, 20 of which will be equipped with Leyland metal-framed 56-seater bodies. Features will include 25 b.h.p. oil engines, inertia-lock synnromesh gearboxes, and engine-cooling systems arranged for connection to a garage steam-heating plant.
YORKSHIRE-LONDON SERVICES RESUMED 101NT operation of daily express serj vices between Yorkshire and London, which were suspended in 1939, was resumed on July 18 by the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., Yolishite Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd,. Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd.,East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., and East Midland Motor Services, Ltd.
Coaches work on two routes, one from Harrogate via Leeds 4 Barnsley, Doncaster and the Great North Road, and the other from Bradford, viLBarnsley and Birmingham. There are feeder services from Keighley to Bradford, Hull to Barnsley and Bridlington to Barnsley. Bookings are heavy and four days' notice of travel must be given by intending passengers.
T.G.W.U. OPPOSES FREE TRANSPORT
STRONG opposition to the miners' claim for free transport was expressed by Mr. A. Deakin, general secretary of the Transporc and General Workers' Union, at the Union's conference at
Hastings last week. He said that a policy of preferences for a section. of the community, at the expense of the remainder, was not acceptable to the mass of the people