FARES FOR FREE AMBULANCE?

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21329, 23 November 1934, Page 13

FARES FOR FREE AMBULANCE?

i " - ♦ - i.k knsi.v; ,\i Tiiourn *s j | isll'i'K t I.TY ! I .\ <iii "t 11 -11! I v .-l i'- i.--c ■ ;i!. the sitting ol j ihr N'". ''. T:an amr', ! .iccnsiny, Auth--1 urily yesterday when the quest i«m ] of Hi-.- I;u-c, !•> 1..' t• 11;i•;;<■...I by the jSI. .lohn Ambulance Associa- ■ i i"ii I'd!- tii,. I ransport of persons l>y ; (lit: ;i.:;:i'<-Kit [on':' ambulances was i I reached. The a jm>!icat'nn for p;is;:cuI ~,.,. |; L .,. r::i; ... ~: ,-,-. p.jri 0 i il,r: a~snriaI lun':; amH'b.-no'v. -.'.as j.t ce,'- i! afed l>y (ho new regulation bringing ambulances under I lie Transport Liren mhi; Art. Mr (..'. U. Kn.'.ley, secretary of the , association, applied I'm' and w;iij granted licenses U-.r I lie ambulances. "The use of Ihe ambulances is ! fi-ee?" asked Mr .!. IX 1 lutchLson. i : chairman of Ihe authority. "Is the i association supported by voluntary i contributions*.' Under the act, we < j have In (ix (he fares." _ : j "'I wish vim would fix the fares.'!.' 1 said Mr Kersley. ■'Persons take it j | for granted I ha' wo can carry on | ] 'night and day. The reason lor the|i ! licensing of Ihe veliiclcs being j] [brought nit was because persons j were going round collecting money j I for ambulance services that did not t exist, j The chairman: Wo had better fix i the fares and make it free. 1 Mr Kersley: It costs us Is Id a 1 mile. I am not objecting to your fixing the fares at, say, sixpence < a mile. That's a reasonable amount < if persons can pay. Many persons 1 we transport are not in a position to i pay, but there are some who can i pay. It seems hard that some persons : can send their children by the am- < bulance and follow themselves in ( a big car. The chairman: We are not going lo fix the fares, it' you want the fares fixed you must say what you want. We can provide for "such fares as may be arranged.'' Would you like us' lo fir, I hat*.' Mr Kersley; Yes. The chairman: The only reason foi" coming back for an amendment ; of the conditions of the license j would be for provision for an oblig- j atory fare. j Mr Kcrslev: We are not likelv to j do Ihat! The fares to be charged were specified as '"such fares as may be arranged.*'