12-minute Service by Lincoln Buses
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E"OLLOWING a meeting of Lincoln L City Council, plans for a 12-min. bus service on all major routes are to be put before the East Midland Traffic Commissioners by Lincoln Transport Committee.
Announcing that a new timetable had been prepared for submission to the Commissioners, the chairman of the committee, Aid. F. W. G. Todd, told the council: "It is true to say there will be a better frequency than Lincoln has ever known." He added: "We do not intend to increase fares unless things get more serious than they are. The only practical way to balance the accounts is to attract more and more people to the buses at the existing fares level."
During the past financial year, ending March 31, Lincoln buses carried almost 500,000 extra Passengers and received an additional £6,578 in revenue. That in itself was not an answer to the problem, and something like another lm. passengers had to be persuaded to travel in the buses.
The potential in the city was 19m., and barely 14m. were being carried. Economies had been made which would result in a saving of £3,000 a year.
HAULIER INSOLVENT
AFORMER Selston motor engineer and haulier, Harold Vernon Maltby, Selston, Notts, was found to have total liabilities of 13,094 at a creditors' meeting in Nottingham last week. Mr. F. Dirs, Assistant Official Receiver, reported that Maltby, who began trading as a haulier in September, 1955, with a capital of about £500, attributed his failure to the cancellation of a haulage contract.
Maltby, who filed his own petition on April 13, 1959, had liabilities of £3,187 with assets of £93, leaving a total deficiency of £3,094. He admitted knowledge of the insolvency in September, 1957.
In May, 1958, he acquired the chassis and body of a mechanical tipper on hire purchase for £1,200 and used it for contract work on an opencast site. In November the vehicle was smashed by a fall of rock, and it was not comprehensively insured. He was unable to obtain any compensation from the contractors.
A public examination into his affairs will be held at Derby on July 28.
SAFE DRIVERS ABROAD THE increasing interest in the safe/ driving competition, organized by the Road Operators' Safety Council, has extended overseas, says the annual report of the Council for 1958. In this country, 82,497 drivers were entered for the competition, in addition to 30,497 conductors who competed for their award of merit. Requests to participate in the activities of the Council from overseas have had to be rejected, because of the differences in road traffic laws, but practical advice and administrative aid have been given.
A safe-driving competition has now been successfully launched in Jamaica.
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