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A motorbus service has recently been started between Banff and Macduff.
The second annual staff dinner of the London General Omnibus Co.. Ltd., will take place on Saturday next in the King's Hall at the Holborn Restaurant.
The official circular for March of the Tramways and Light Railways Association, whose office is at Caxton House, Westminster, S.W., contains the annual list of members.
Carnarvon Motors, Ltd., has reeently commenced running a 30 lip. Thornycroft char-a-bancs between Carnarvon and Llanaelhaiarn. Other services in this district are contemplated.
The North Devon Motor Service and Supply Co., Ltd., has been registered with a capital of £3,001). The registered office is at 34-35, Portland Street. Ilfracombe. The managing director is Mr. G. S. Gould. Darnley. llfracombe.
The Sunday service of steamers for the conveyance of vehicles and goods between Liverpool and Birkenhead. and rice versa, has been materially in
creased since the 27th inst. The charge for a motor omnibus or motor char-a-banes is 3s.
A comprehensive series of services into tho country was inaugurated on Good Friday by the L.G.O. Co.. Ltd. : these trips will be made every Sunday throughout the coming summer. The longest regular journey of this new series is one of 20 miles for tenpom-e.
More New Ryknields.
The Ryknield Motor Cu_ Ltd., of Burton-on-Trent, has booked orders for four of its "II. " type chassis from the Scottish Motor Traction Co.. Ltd.. of Edinburgh, and for a similar machine from the Mid-Derbyshire Motor Bus Co., Ltd. All these vehicles are to be delivered within the next seven weeks.
Pontypool Progresses.
Mr. A. W. Harrison, The proprietor of the motorbus serN ice between Abersychan and Pontypool, contemplates the purchase of an additional machine in order to inaugurate a new service between Griffitlistown and Pontypool, via Pontymoile. Mr. Harrison has had to meet much opposition on the part of the loyal horse. brake owners, whose occupation is fast disappearing.
The " Daily Express " Busmen's Fund reached a total of £2,600. Thirty Old drivers are each to receive five shillings a week as a pension. Mr. Alfred de Rothschild is to contribute £100 per annum towards the Loud, Underground Overcrowding.
We mean to go on with our investigations as to the legal situation. Passengers do not like the conditions they have to accept. and the outstanding differences in the treatment accorded -to motorbus owners are not to he lightly ignored. A few additional comments will be found on page 63. Supporters of this journal may, therefore, look forward to developments which should arouse public interest.
Rise in L.G.O. Stock.
The improvement in L.G.O. stock, which we recorded in our last issue, wae maintained-during the past week. All sorts of extraordinary rumours have l.wen in circulation to account for this more-cheerful tone. There is no truth in the rumour that an interest in London's taxicab business is being acyaired hy the direetors, or that a further amalgamation of motorbus interests is imminent. The price of tin.: company's stock has for many months been lower than actual circumstances warranted, and we regard the present recovery only as a gradual return to a snore-rational assessment of this mneern'e prospects.
Invalid Transportation.
Dusseldorf has made arrangements for utilizing its municipal tramcarsystem for the mass-transport of injured or sick persons in the event of an accident on a largish scale, or an epidemic. Two sueh trailers are shown
on the next page. Prima facie, the idea commends itself, and, on humanitarian grounds at any rate, is to 'oe commended, but, on reflection, we are disposed to think that a call on the arrangements might reveal certain defects, inseparable from vehicles rigidly bound to a permanent way, unless circumstances happened to be particularly favourable. lf ambulance wagons are to possess real practical value, they must be free to move between the scene of the accident and the hospital, and railless vehicles alone have this freedom. Accidents do not invariably occur in the immediate vicinity of a tramcar system. If a factory some distance from the system collapsed, the trailers could not he used at all, or, if used, their use might necessitate a tedious transfer per stretcher. A better way of coping with cases contemplated by the Dusseldorf municipality would be to increase the motor-ambulance material of local fire brigades. The present tendency in Germany is to equip the ever-increasing, all-motor stations with ambulance carriages. which turn out with the fire-engines. Two views are reproduced en page 69.