• PRIVATE-HIRE RATES UP
30th November 1951, Page 33
30th November 1951
Page 33

Page 33, 30th November 1951
— • PRIVATE-HIRE RATES UP
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. RATES for the private hire of buses are to be increased, 'Stockton-onTees Transport Committee has decided. The proposed new rate before midnight is 2s. 9d. per mile, compared with 2s. at present. with a minimum of £1 5s., as against El.
After midnight the charge will be raised from 2s. 6d. per mile to 3s. 6d., and waiting-time rates will be 10s. per hour, compared with 7s. 6d. Old-age pensioners and other similar classes will be charged half rates.