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TN a dispute between Llandudno Urban 'District Council and Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., before the North-western Licensing Authority, last week, the council invoked an Act of 1928 to support a case against the company.
Both the corporation and the company were applying for licences to run circular tours from Prince Edward's Square. Llandudno, to Dolwyddoen and back, The council proposed to charge a fare of is. 6d. for the 8.1-mile journey, but would accept Is. 3d. as reasonable Objecting to the company's proposal to run a similar service, the town clerk of Llandudno said that under the Llandudno Urban District Council Act of 1928 the council had power to appoint bus stops. The company's representative replied that the council's full jurisdiction in the matter had been repealed by the Road Traffic Act, 1930.
Crosville proposed to charge a fare of Is. 4d. for the circular tour, with an 8d. stage at Efail-y-Waen in order to serve the inhabitants of Bryn Pydew. The company claimed that Llandudno's opposition was based on the council's objection to Crosville's vehicles using Prince Edward's Square and that there was no legal ground for this objection.
Decision was reserved.
ARE LONG-DISTANCE SERVICES JUSTIFIED?
TORTHCOMING branch meetings of the Institute of fransport include the fifflowing--Novernber .30; debate on the Motion "That the continuance of long-distance road passenger services is unjustified," London • School of Economics, 6.30 p.m.; December 1, lecture on stores organization by F. A. Costigan, Southdown Motor Services offices, Portsmouth, 6.30 p.m.; .December 3, lecture on statistical control of road passenger transport by Walter Luff, North Stafford Hotel, Stoke, 6.50 p.m.; lecture on industry and transport by A. G. Marsden, C.B.E., Docks Offices, Bristol, 1.15 p.m.
NEW CONTINENTAL TOUR COMPANY A NEW company, Bee-Line Conti
nental Tours, Ltd., Newcastle-onTyne, has been formed to run coach tours from the north-east to France, Holland, Switzerland and other continental countries. The cost of 10-14-day tours to France and Holland will vary from £33 to £35 and will be £55 for tours to Switzerland.
HONOURS TO DOUGLAS
BY a narrow margin, the Isle of Man Legislative Council has passed a Bill enabling Douglas Corporation to apply to the Highway and Transport Board for licences to extend its bus services two miles outside the town boundaries. The measure had already been passed by the House of Keys, and paved the way for joint working between the corporation and Isle of Man Road Services, Ltd., as recommended by the Transport Commission, on the Onchan-Union Mills route.
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THE SHOWS
The provisional date for the Commercial Motor Show is September 22-30, and for the Motor Show, October 18-28.
"GALVANIZATION" NOT REQUIRED AT the dinner and dance of the automobile division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Birmingham, last week, reference was made to the fate which threatened the "Midland Red " company.
Mr. D. M. Sinclair, chairman of the division and general manager of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., proposed the toast to the guests, and in his response, Mr.
H. 1. Manzoni, the city engineer and
surveyor, asked the question: How long will it be before the ' Midland Red' busei cease to carry us about under the name of the company?"
Mr. Manzoni referred to the intentional use of the word "galvanized," in place of " nationalized " Up to now there had been no sign that galvanizing was needed to prevent rust or corrosion in the "Midland Red" organization.
Some Transfers
ALTHOUGH normally the Road Haulage Executive takes over businesses within three months of serving acquisition notices, the process may be delayed by appeals by hauliers to the Arbitration Tribunal. As already .announced, all notices of acquisition will be issued by December 31 and in the ordinary course of events, transfers would be completed by the end of March. It is understood; however, that.
Record Output by Austin
OUTPUT by the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., in the year ended July 31 last, reached the record figure of 126.685 units, which was 48 per cent, higher than in the previous year.
The directors report that the company's intensive drive to develop world sales has been expensive and heavy trading losses have been incurred in the U.S.A. In the rest of the world, however, only £3,200 was lost. Subject to the approval of the shareholders, Mr. L. P. Lord, chairman and managing director, is to be paid £25,000 in cash and allotted ordinary shares of a nominal value of £20,000. In return, Mr. Lord agrees that, should he leave Austin, he will not engage in the manufacture, production or assembly of mechanically propelled vehicles in any part of the world.
EXIDE AGENTS OFF DUTY
OVER 400 people attended the first post-war annual dance, organized for the local Exide and Drydex traders, in Birmingham last week.
May be Delayed
on account of appeals, the process may drag on well into the summer.
The Commercial Motor" was informed on Monday that so far only one application, for arbitration had been received by the Tribunal, although more were expected. It is unlikely that there will be any hearing of road transport cases this year. The proceedings will be conducted in public.
From November 13-19 the R.H.E.
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