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INDIVIDUAL PROTESTS AGAINST CENTRAL LONDON COACH BAN Cases of Definite

27th January 1931
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Page 60, 27th January 1931 — INDIVIDUAL PROTESTS AGAINST CENTRAL LONDON COACH BAN Cases of Definite
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Hardship Should be Placed Before the Minister of Transport by Letter To-day

our issue of last week, in the icourse of a leading editorial article, we recommended coach operators who will he affected by the proposed motorcoach ban in central London, if they can definitely show cases of hardship, to Viace the facts in respect of their individual cases before the Minister of Transport.

In the past few days the Motor Hirers' and Coach Services Association, as the result of a committee meeting, • has definitely taken up this attitude, recommending its members to put forward to the Minister individual protests. We understand from this association that such protests should peach the Minister by to-morrow, January 28th, and that they should be prepared in duplicate so that copies may he sent also to local members of Parliament. Most of the London conch-operating concerns who are likely to be affected are,f'of course, members of the M.H.C.S.A., and, as such, will have received intimations to the above effect from the honorary secretary; but there is quite a large number of provincial coach operators whose vehicles run into the London area and who wilt be just as severely affected by the proposed restrictions regarding the Metropolis.

These operators should post to the Minister of Transport, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W.1, this afternoon without fail, briefly and plainly worded protests explaining exactly in what way they will suffer hardship by the proposed regulation. .ArirAmportant point is that as to how long they have been in operation and how long they have been using particular sites or premises in the central London area for picking up and setting down passengers. A copy of each protest should immediately be sent to the member of Parliament for the constituency in which a provincial operator has his head offices. In London a good deal of public opinion is being aroused in this vital matter, and sandwich-board men of the M.H.-C.S.A. have, in the past week, been 'parading in the neighbourhoods of Oxford Circus, Whitehall, the 'Houses of Parliament and Charing Cross Embankment, their boards bearing such slogans as : "Support cheap road travel and fight the motor-coach ban. Complain to your member of Parliament," "Tell your member of Parliament that motor coaches must use central London," "Protest against the prohibition of motor coaches," and "Are yea content to struggle to the outskirts of London before travelling in comfort?"

Operators wishing to join the association should note that the address is 72, Great Portland Street, London, W.1.

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