Battle Over Carlisle Buses
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DESPITE objections by Carlisle City Council, the chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, at Carlisle last Friday granted the application of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., to continue without modification certain services in the city,
for the City Council, the Town Clerk, Mr. H. D. A. Robertson, said the full distance for the minimum fare-0.8 miles for twopence—could not be travelled from each fare stage. Any person going to the railway station, using a cross-city service, had either to pay an extra fare from the town hall (focal point of most of the city services) to the stop near the station, or walk.
The City Council suggested that overlapping fare stages be established to give passengers full mileage for their fare.
Mr. Robertson also objected to the fact that the present half-fare on a 60. adult fare was 4d., maintaining that it should be either 3d. or 30.
A member of the City Council, Mr. W. Hunter, said a number of the fare stages were only from 0.3 to 0.5 mile in length.
For Ribble, Mr. John Senior, assistant general manager, said Carlisle had 20 stages too short and 51 too long.. Allowing for 88 yards variance, those figures were reduced to 11 too short and 31 too long.
Granting the Ribble application for continuation of the services without modification, Mr. Hanlon agreed that some fares were too low and some too high, but if matters were straightened out, some would have to be raised and others lowered.
"Perfect Partnership"
TWO Ilkeston, Derbyshire, haulage contractors, who were said to have worked a " perfect unofficial partnership," and used each other's lorries, were granted absolute discharges on 58 licensing offences, at Nottingham magistrates court last Friday.
Ernest Richardson pleaded guilty to 29 cases of using a vehicle without a 13 licence and Eric Chadwick, of Granby Street, admitted aiding and abetting him.
Mr. Anthony Rothera, defending, said it was a very slight, almost technical error. The trOuble arose when a driver paid by Richardson used a lorry licensed in Chadwick's name. The defendants had been using each other's lorries for about eight years.