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Motor Traction Co., Ltd., a new user of A.E.C. vehicles, has taken delivery of 30 Regent double-deckers and 20 Regal single-deckers, all with oil engines. Here is one of the Regents picking
L.N.E.R. GAINS POINTS IN TICKETS DISPUTE
HAVING asked the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners to impose a number of conditions governing the issue of 12-journey tickets on bus services in Yorkshire, the L.N.E. Railway Co. has succeeded in some of its proposals. On other points, the railway plans have been modified by the Commissioners. It is announced that the Commissioners will authorize a maximum period of validity of 14 days for 12journey tickets, subject to the following conditions:— Each ticket shall bear the date of expiry of validity of the ticket, and the words " not transferable."
Each ticket shall provide a space for the name of the holder of . the ticket., and the name of the holder shall be inserted • in the space provided at the time of purchase, or Wore it us produced on the second journey. A ticket which does not bear the name of the holder shall not be valid for use • on the second or subsequent journey. Each ticket shall bear the letter "M" or "
P' (indicating the vex of the holder).
A ticket issued to an apprentice shall le superscribed with the words "Apprentice Ticket." For the purpose of this condition. an apprentice shall be deemed to be a person of either sex up to 18 years of age, who is learning a trade, and consequently in receipt of a wage less than the standard rate for the work done.
The Commissioners announce that it is their intention to review the whole question at a later date, when experience has been gained of the practical application of the conditions imposed. One point on which the railway proposals have been modified by the Commissioners is with regard to the period of Validity. The railway company also proposed that each ticket should he signed by the holder. The Commissioners, it will be noted, do not specifically state that a ticket must be signed by the holder. Under this condition, it would appear that the name of the holder can be inserted either by a servant of the issuing company or by the passenger.
INTERIM INTERDICT AGAINST OPERATOR.
I N Greenock Sheriff Court, last Friday, Greenock Motor Services Co., which operates the bus services in Greenock, Gou rock and Port Glasgow, was granted interim interdict against a local bus operator, Mr. Alexander Johnstone Doig. Mr. Doig was prohibited from operating a contract carriage within the plaintiff's bus area, as clefined by the Greenock and Port Glasgow Tramway
Company's Act, 1928, and particulari from operating in the area under contract with Renfrew, County Council.
Greenock Motor Services Co. was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1887 as Greenock and Port Glasgow Tramways Co. The present title. was assumed in 1928. The Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., took over in 1931.
£200,000 FOR REAR-ENGINED BUSES.
AN order totalling over £200,000 has recently been placed by the Chicago Motor Coach Co., of Chicago, with the General Motors Truck Co., of Pontiac, for additional rear-engined Mono-Drive
transmission buses. Included in the order are 40 double-deck vehicles, increasing the total in service to 140, and 30 new 41-seater sii.gle-deckets CUTTING RED TAPE OFF COACH SERVICES.
COMPLAINTS by Forest Town people that they were carried two miles past their doors by coaches on excursions and tours, because of a licence restriction, were dealt with by the East Midland Traffic Commissioneis, last week. Wass Bros., Ltd., Welbeck Street, Mansfield, applied for a pickingup place at Forest Town, about midway between Mansfield and Clipstone. The chairman, Mr. J. H. Stink, said that the application would be granted. The Commissioners could, in this case, see no reason why people should be taken two miles past their doors. As regards an objection from .a railway company on the ground that it had a 'bus feeder service from Forest Town to the excursion trains, Mr. Stirk said that the Commissioners must be reasonable, and so must the railway company.
SCOTS WORKERS' POSITION UNCERTAIN
MATIONAL officials of the Tram+, Ilport and General Workers Union conferred in Glasgow, last week, with delegates of their members employed by the Scottish Motor Traction Co., LtdThe Union was represented by Mr. Harold Clay, national passenger group secretary, and Mr. Arthur Gee. Scottish secretary, The present agreement between the Union and the Scottish bus companies terminates in February next, and either side must give three months' notice to end the agreement. After hours' discussion, no decision was reached, and the conference was adjourned. It is understood that there is a possi. bility that the employers may intimate their intention of terminating the agreement and negotiate a new one. There is said to be a feeling of dissatisfaction among employers as to prevailing conditions, particularly the heavy expenditure involved in the payment of increased wages.
Glasgow Corporation's transport workers decided, last week, to reject the offer of the employers, made through the National Joint Industrial Council, for an increase of 2s. per week in the wages of drivers and conductors. They resolved to maintain their stand for a 4s. increase. Arrangements are being made, it is learned, for the holding of another meeting of the workers involved, at which a decision will be taken as to what action should be adopted. A national conference on the proposed increase in wages is to be •held in Manchester.