BUS TERRITORIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 115, 17 May 1932, Page 9

BUS TERRITORIES.

WORKING OF NEW ACT.

MINISTER SEEKS SUGGESTIONS,

The Minister of Transport, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, has directed that licensing authorities shall furnish him with particulars relating to meetings, etc., for the period ended March -'SI last, "and any comments on the working of the Transport licensing Act, 1931, an<l xny suggestions aimed at improving the machinery thereunder." When this request came before tne iuckland Transport Boa.rd, sitting as ,he metropolitan licensing authority, ,his morning, the chairman, Mr. J. A. C. yium, said that the Minister should be nformed that it was the wish of taxi iperators to come under the Act. He iad come in contact with owners from ,ime to time and they had expressed ;hat view. , Mr. T. Bloodworth said he would like ,o see the new authority authorised to leal with all buses coming into the Auckland Transport Board's area. Much >f their former authority had been taken Allum said that the Metropolitan licensing Authority had the final say n respect to all operators who passed ihrough its territory. It might be well ,o combine licensing, but he did not ,vish to see an extension of the area of :ontrol. It would not result in more larmonious relations or more effective :ontrol. , Mr. Bloodworth said there had not jeen serious conflict before, but that night not apply to the future. He vanted to see the same area restored as ;he authority had prior to the 1931 ict. Mr. E. H. Potter said if_ there were ess restrictions all round it would be letter for business. He did not think hat outside services should be interbred with to help the Auckland transjort undertaking. That was the way ,o kill transport. Mr. H. G. R. Mason said that unless here were complaints they should let veil alc/ne. It was .decided to receive the letter nd advise the Commissioner of Transiort that taxi operators were desirous ,f being brought under the provisions >f the Act.