Transport Appeal Board

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6840, 22 April 1932, Page 6

Transport Appeal Board

TENTATIVE SITTING DATES Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. The board set up under the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, to hear appeals from the central lisensing authority and from the district licensing authorities under the Act will commence its first sitting at Now Plymouth on May o, fixtures after Stay 20 being tentative and subject to revision. There arc ten district authorities six in the North Island and four in the South Island, as well as metropolitan licensing authorities in the four centres. The central authority deals with all services which run. into two or more districts, and the four metropolitan and ten local district authorities deal with services running within their own districts. From theso authorities, 15 in all, an appeal lies to the Transport Appeal Board, which consists of Mr. Justice Frazer (chairman) and Messrs. Lisle Alderton (Auckland) and Thomas Jordan (Masterton). About 60 appeals have been lodged with the Commissioner of Transport up to the present time, and the board has mado the folio-wing fixtures: May 3: New Plymouth. May 5: Wanganui. May 9: Wellington. May 12: Napier. May 17: Rotorua. May 20: Auckland. May 24: Hamilton. May 26: Wellington (for Nelson and Marlborough cases. May 28: Christchurch. June 2: Dunedin. The dates after May 20 are subject to revision and depend upon whether the board is able to deal with the appeals to be heard up to that date. Mr. J. A. Gilmour has been appointed secretary to the Transport Appeal Board.