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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18725, 23 June 1926, Page 16

TWOPENCE MORE.

BUS REGULATIONS AMENDED. A RIGHT OF APPEAL. (SPECIAL TO TEE PBESS.) WELLINGTON, June 22. A supplement to tho Gazette of June 17th, published to-day, contains amendments to the original motor-omnibus regulations. Ecgulation 10 of the previous regulations, relating to the penal 2d fare, is amended by the following new paragraphs: "In the event of any dispute or difference arising between the owner of a motor-omnibus and tho proprietor of any tramway or trackless trolley as to the applicability of this regulation, such dispute or difference shall be referred to and determined by the Transport Appeal Board of the district within which the same arises. "If the owner of any licensed motoromnibus, or the applicant for a license for any motor-omnibus, considers that the fare to be charged in respect of any passenger carried on such motoromnibus between any places served by a tramway or trackless trolley should not be more than the corresponding tramway or trolley fare, such owner or applicant may make application in writing to the licensing authority to exempt such motor-omnibuses from the requirements or Clauses (1) and (2) of this regulation. "Such application may be made upon tho grounds (a) that on account of the insufficient other provision for the transport of passengers the facilities for conveyance of passengers to-be afforded by such-motor-omnibus are desirable in the public interest; or (b) that motor-omnibuses are in use, or are proposed to be used under Regulation 16 hereof, to carry passengers at a fare lower than the fare which such owner or applicant would by virtue of Clause (1) or Clause (2) hereof be compelled to charge, or (c) that such exemption will not conduce to any method of competition, trading, or business which would bo unfair or prejudicial to any transport undertaking (including tho business of tho owner or applicant him-; self), or to the public welfare; or (d) upon any other relevant ground. And every such ground shall be set out in the'application. "Upon the hearing of such applica* tion the licensing authority may- in its discretion dotormine that the provisions pt Clauses (1) and (2) of this regulation shall not apply to such motor-omni-bus in respect of any particular route or routes to be followed by such motoromnibus, and if the licensing authority so determines; then the license shall be endorsed with a memorandum of such exemption signed by. a person authorised to sign a license pursuant to Regulation 5 hereof. "The person making any such application for exemption, or any person or body affected thereby (including any person or body upon whom a right of appeal is conferred by Clause (1) of Eegulation 13 hereof) may appeal to the Transport Appeal Board of the district from the determination of the licensing authority upon any such application for exemption.'»„ THE AUCKLAND PETITION. • (special to the press.) WELLINGTON, June 22. Forming a stack of paper nearly two feet in height, the enormous Auckland petition against certain provisions of tho Motor Omnibus, Regulations was presented to Parliament to-day by the member for Roskill, Mr V. H. Potter, who stated that it was sighed by M. Fronde and 74,488 others. After its presentation the petition was carried out of the Chamber with some difficulty by. a messenger. It complains that the 2d penal fare is unjust, and that discrimination is made between buses owned by private concerns and those owned by Tramway authorities and ' municipalities. It prays: "That the matter may be taken , into immediate, consideration, and that means may be devised for remedying ,thei grievances aforesaid."