MR. SHORTS BILL IN COMMITTEE
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clause in Mr. E. W. Short's Bill to permit local authorities to hire their buses was the first to come er fire when the Bill entered its irnittee stage yesterday.
ro amendments on the specific issue been tabled by Tuesday evening es our Parliamentary correspondent, in this stage the Bill must be roved clause by clause. This vision attracted hot debate. iovernment-sponsored amendments the Bill defined the concessionary s scheme. Power to introduce them imited by the Bill to those local lorities which were operating them any date in 1954 not later than /ember 30."
local authority wishing to give conions will have to obtain a certififrom the Licensing Authority that as actually operating such a scheme he qualifying period.