Five East Midland Fare Cases Succeed
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FWE bus companies in the East Midlands have been granted permission to raise their fares. They are Barton Transport, Ltd., Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., Midland General Omnibus Co.; Ltd., Notts and Derby Traction Co., and East Midland Motor Services, Ltd.
Barton's are to increase their 11-6id. ordinary rates by id., with certain exceptions, and where there is a etld. fare for an adult, the child's rate will be 2id. Similarly, the child's fare for the adult 6id. rate will be 31d. Permission for a similar revision has
been given to Trent, but will be added only to lid. fares on common routes with Barton. East Midland's rates on services co-ordinated with those of Trent will be raised accordingly.
Midland General and Notts and Derby are to add id. to their existing 2d.-61d. rates. A child's fare of 21d. for the adult rate of 41d. has also been granted. The companies have also been allowed to add, without increasing, workmen's return fares to the existing scale. Reports of the hearing of thee applications were published in The Commercial Motor on July 30 and August 6.
SHEFFIELD OFFERED POOR SELECTION
ALL that has been offered in transport units in Sheffield and district are old and worn-out lorries, some suitable only for scrapping. Mr. P. J. Cheshire, secretary of the South Yorkshire Area of the Road Haulage Association last week made this observation on List 7. The area committee have asked headquarters to protest to the British Transport Commission over the way the district was being treated. In other parts of the north-eastern division at least double the number of units had been offered, but in Doncaster only one 3-tonner was for sale. Eighteen vehicles were offered in Sheffield, but they were in three units. Mr. Cheshire stated that there was a demand for single vehicles.