COMMISSIONERS AND PROTECTION FOR SMALL MEN.
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I N upholding the appeal of the Biriningham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., against the East Midland Traffic Commissioners' refusal to license certain special stage services to a railway station, the Minister of Transport remarks that the company did not have an opportunity of fully presenting its case to the Commissioners. He is satisfied that a certain small operator's excursions would not be adversely affected by the big company's services and that his stage service did not provide the facilities proposed.
The official, intimation of the decision adds: "The statement in the Commissioners' observations that they have been charged by the Minister to protect the small operators can • . . only have reference to the general directions issued by him on December 4, 1931."
WORKMEN OBTAIN INJUNCTION.
ON Friday last Mr. Justice Goddard, in the King's Bench Division, granted an interim injunction until today (Friday), on the application of four workmen, to restrain Gelligaer Urban District Council from refusing to allow them to use the municipal buses. The men are employees of the TaffMerthyr Colliery.
COMMISSIONERS UPHOLD PRIVATE INTERESTS.
THE North-Western Traffic Commissioners upheld private interests when they refused Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation permission to run excursions and tours to Manchester City Food:kali Ground.
Mr. W. Chamberlain, chairman of the Commissioners, said that they adhered to the principle that this kind of work should be performed by excursion and tour operators. The position would, however, have to be re-considered, because the coach operators were not providing the necessary service.