TRAM AND MOTOR BUS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 169, 18 July 1924, Page 8

TRAM AND MOTOR BUS.

(To the Editor.) Sir, —Sir James Giinson is warning the motor lius proprietors that they are to be placed on the same equality as the trams, so far as road upkeep is concerned. I would remind him that in that event they should have a few of the privileges the trams enjo—. At the present time the buses are heckled at every turn. Only a few days ago I noticed a bus proprietor was fined for standing just long enough to load his passengers, another was fined for singing out his destination. Take Customs Street on a Saturday afternoon. The trama can stand as long as they think fit, but if a bus stops a second there is a traffic inspector at him. The position is the same after the football at Carlaw Park; the street is fairly blocked with trams, ■while a bus cannot stop a second to pick up passengers. At Ellerslie no buses are allowed on the South side of the course at all, and are compelled to pay 2/6 to enter the course to get a load of passengers. The same thing applies at Epsom on race days, the street is fairly blocked with trams, but a bus cannot stop a second. What with safetyzones and restrictions the buses will soon have nowhere to pick up a passenger at all. With all duo respect to the City Council, it is up to them to give the buses a fair spin, and not create a monopoly for the trams. —I am etc., ONE WHO KNOWS.