Long-distance Riders Must Bear Increases
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AN increase of Id. on fares of 5d. and over on 27 routes was granted to the Halifax Joint Omnibus Committee, last week, by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners. The chairman, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, remarked that it was a change to see long-distance riders bearing the increases—usually only short-distance passengers were hit.
Mr. M. Scott, for the applicants, said the increases would yield about £10,000 in a full year. In February, 1957, higher fares were granted, aimed at bringing in an extra £17,000 a year. However, their hopes had not been realized, and the figure had fallen .€10,000 short of expectations, Ile stages affected in the new application were not included in the last increases.
It was estimated that there would be a surplus of £5,990 next year, but prudent finance demanded that the figure should be much more. The 1956 surplus was £17,500, but this had dropped by about £6,000 in each of the succeeding years.
An application by United Automobile Services, Ltd., for fare increases on a number of services in the Stockton area, was granted by the Northern Commissioners. The fares will be brought into line with those recently granted to Stockton Corporation.
"SMOKE" APPEAL FAILS
AN unsuccessful appeal was made by H. L. Walker, Ltd., Thornaby, and one of their drivers at Durham Quarter Sessions, last week, against a conviction by Stockton magistrates for allowing a lorry to emit a "continuous thick black cloud in High Street, Stockton.
Mr. A. Darley, secretary of the concern, said that the vehicle bad been kept in a first-class condition. "We are proud of our reputation for maintenance, and this is of more importance to us than the £1 fine," he stated.
East Grinstead magistrates last week fined E. and R. Norman, Ltd., South Chailey, £5 for allowing a lorry to be used in a dangerous condition in that it emitted thick smoke, reducing other road users' visibility. The driver was fined £1. The company expressed full responsibility.
MANAGERS' CLUB WANTED
A SUGGESTION that Sheffield should PA have a transport managers' club, bringing together transport representatives in administrative, traffic, engineering and other operating fields, was made last week at the annual dinner of the Sheffield Division of the industrial Transport Association. Mr. K. A. Dodds, chairman, put forward the idea.
B.U.T. IN AFRICA
'THE subsidiary companies of Leyland 1 Motors, Ltd., in Africa—Leyland Albion (Africa), Ltd., Johannesburg, and Leyland Albion (Central Africa), Ltd., Salisbury—are to handle all contracts for the range of trolleybuses and Diesel train equipment marketed by British United Traction, Ltd.
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