Was Road Public or Private ?
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VUHEN a driver appeared before VT Newport magistrates, last week, on charges arising out of an accident in Granville Road, Donnington, it was argued whether or not the road was public or private.
Defendant pleaded not guilty of the offences and his employers not guilty of permitting them. Insp. A. E. Hocking said that Granville Road was a private road maintained by the National Coal Board, but there was an unrestricted right of access for the public. It was a road within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act.
Defendant was working at a pitheadbaths site and thought it permissible to drive along the road. The defending solicitor said that a notice board on the road described the road as private. The people who used the road were not
sufficient tor it to be defined as public. The Bench thought that the road was public, but regarded the offences as technical. Small fines were imposed.
MORE TROLLEYBUS SERVICES?
XTENSION of trolleybus services, and the granting of permission to Colombo Municipal Council to run trolleybuses on the same routes as motorbuses, are recommended by the Choksy Commission on Local Government in Ceylon.
The Commission advise that the council should be allowed to extend trolleybus operation over some of the seven additional -routes which the council are prepared to work. This, they say, should be in competition with motorbus operators.
MOBILE FILM UNIT FOR EXIDE
TWO Bedford vans, adapted for projection and sound equipment and for carrying portable technical and publicity displays, form the main equipment of a new Exide mobile film unit. Manned by a team of seven, four of whom are operational, the unit will show the company's film, "Under Your Bonnet." to meetings arranged in collaboration with Exide service agents • throughout the country, on three evenings each week. After the film show, a sales representative will address the meeting and inaugurate a general discussion on sales and technical matters.