Obstruction Caused by Advertising Vehicles.
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At a meeting of the highway committee of the Northampton Corporation attention was drawn to the obstruction caused to traffic by slow-moving Vehicles used for advertisement purposes, and it was suggested that consideration be given to the question of adopting a bylaw for the control and regulation of such vehicles. The committee requested the town clerk to ascertain in what form the Home Office would be prepared to approve a by-law if adopted by the couucil.
Bus Powers for Tramways Authorities.
According to a report presented to the Pontypridd Urban District Council by its tramways manager, the Municipal Tramways and Transport Association has recently circularized tramwaysowning councils to the effect that this year a Bill will be re-presented to Parliament in which power is sought to authorize tramways-owning municipal authorities to run buses both inside and outside their boundaries.
The association desires local authorities to secure support for the Bill from local M.P.s when it is presented. The Pontypridd Council has already approached three members of Parliament to solicit support for the Bill. Other Welsh tramways-owning, councils are acting in a similar manner.
Freeing a Glamorgan Toll Bridge.
Glamorgan authorities are endeavouring to bring ebout the removal of the Penarth road toll-gate on the main Cardiff-Penarth road.
It is proposed to hold a conference of representatives of the Glamorgaa County Council, the Cardiff City and Rural Councils and the Penarth and Barry Urban District Councils, at which it will be proposed to promote an Act for the joint acquisition of the stretch of road from Grangetown Bridge to the River Ely, the privately owned stretch of road which includes the toll-gate. The annual revenue to private owners from vehicles passing between Cardiff, Barry and Penarth is
computed to be over £50,000 per annum. It was £43,000 in the year when the last public return was made. It is suggested that the toll road should be 'farmed " until the costs of -acquiring it have been covered, and then be freed.
The Henslowe Bus Co.'s Interests.
The works committee of the Camberwell Borough Council reports that the Henslowe Bus .Co., Ltd., is negotiating with the London Public Omnibus Co., Ltd., for the sale of its interests, including those in the Henslowe Road and Boner Road depots, the property of the council. It is desirous of ascertaining whether, in the event of negotiations being completed, the council will be prepared to consent to the assigning by the company of its interests in the leases under which it holds the depots mentioned, subject to the consent of the Port of London Authority being obtained so far as Boner Road depot is concerned. The Henslowe Bus Co., Ltd., will pay the costs of the Port of London Authority. The committee sees no objection to the necessary consent being given.
United Service Report.
The report of the United Service Transport Co., Ltd., shows that during the company's past year of trading a gross profit of £53,753 was made. The purchase of new vehicles involved a capital expenditure of 129,686, so that extra provision had to be made for depreciation, and this commitment reduced the profit to a net figure of £15,205. A dividend of 8 per cent, is to be paid 011 the ordinary shares and £7,300 is allocated to the reserve fund, leaving £87 to be carried forward.
A Deputation on Cab Fares.
A deputation representative of all branches of the taxicab trade waited on the Home Secretary, Sir Joynson-Hicks, at the House of Commons just before the Christmas holiday, to discuss the question of taxicab fares. The deputation urged upon the Home Secretary the fact that the reduced fares were too low to enable the trade to meet running expenses and to shew a profit.
A Westcliff Bus Company's Developments.
We learn that at the recent annual meeting of We.stcliff-on-Sea Motor Services, Ltd., it was reported that the company had acquired the whole of the capital of Edwards Hall Motors, Ltd., and that two of its directors, Mr. Henry Brown and Mr. G. A. Spencer, had joined the board of the latter concern, two directcrrs of the latter—Mr. H. R. Bridge and Mr. H. A. Bridge— now acting as additional directors of the former company. Edwards Hall Motors, Ltd., was registered in December, 1923, with headquarters at Rockford, in Essex, whilst Westeliff-on-Sea Motor Services, Ltd., was registered in April, 1914, under the title of the Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Char-a-basics Co., Ltd., the present title having been adopted in December, 1921.
It has also been anneunced that the Westeliff company has acquired an interest in Henderson's Hire Services. Ltd., of Walthamstow, and arrived at a working agreement with the Globe Travel Co., Bush House, Strand, London.
A Malvern to London Daily Service.
A daily road service between Malvern and London has been inaugurated by Greyhound Motors, Ltd., • of Hammersmith Road, London. An all-weather coach leaves Malvern at 10.45 a.m. and London at 11 a.m. each morning. The fare is very low. being 10s. for the single journey and 16s. for the return trip, as compared with 15s. 4d. and 30s. 8d. respectively by railway.
Unity Services Winding-up. It is stated that a compulsory winding-up order has been made, on• the petition of a creditor, against Unity Services, Ltd., of Clowne, a proprietor of motorbuses, part of the undertaking of which was recently purchased by the Sheffield Corporation. The company was registered in July, 1926, with a nominal capital of £3,500, and was formed to acquire the business of running public motor services, carried on by Mr. A. Heath. Competition is said to be largely responsible for the failure.