Fares Increases May Not Meet Rising Costs
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Appealing for more aids to the movement of traffic, Mr. Beddow said that in many cases, because of road conditions, restrictions were placed on the size of vehicles they were allowed to operate, thus precluding any hope of the operations becoming self-supporting. The most universal cause of delays and hold-ups was the presence of stationary vehicles and many cities and towns were finding it necessary to extend No Waiting orders_ Penal Tax Large sums were paid in taxation annually, particularly through the penal tax on fuel oil, and he hoped that the Chancellor would soon remove this particular tax.
In recent years they had had suggestions that further bus stations should be provided, but they did not think that passengers would welcome bus stations at the price of increased fares. "In any case," be went on, " it is essential that the bus passenger must be picked up and set down where he wants to be; he cannot just be carted to a bus station."
Mr. Beddow appealed to the Minister of Transport for an early and favourable decision on the question of longer and
wider p.s.v.s. " With our limited 41seat Coaches," he said, " we cannot cater economically for the 45 or more passengers who form a Continental coach party."
OLD FRIENDS
THE new company, Princes (Sales), 1 Ltd., -recently formed at Southampton, inform us that in view of the long association of J. A. Prince and Co., Ltd., with A.E.C., Ltd., it is their intention to concentrate On the sale of A.E.C.s in the heavy commercial range. In the lighter field they have been appointed retail distributors for Morris-Commercial,
PRESSING FOR BAN MOTTINGH A M Chamber of I Commerce have decided to continue to press the Nottingham Watch Committee for the immediate reinstatement of the ban on loading and unloading of vehicles at peak periods.
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