TRAMWAYS SERVICES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19510, 14 December 1926, Page 16

TRAMWAYS SERVICES.

ELLERSLIE AND PANMURE. APPLICATIONS DECLINED. A SUCCESSFUL OBJECTION. The No, 1 Motor-bus Licensing Authority yesterday declined the application of the City Tramways Department for a licence to run a motor-bus service from Great South Road tram terminus to Ellerslie and Panmure. A further application for a licence for a service from Great South Road terminus via Ellerslie and Ladies' Mile to Abbott's Way was deferred. An objection to these applications was lodged by the Passenger Transport Company, on the ground that it was already running a direct service from Otahuhu via Ellerslie, giving the Ellerslie residents a through service to the city. It was in a position to provide an efficient and adequate service for the residents of Eilerslio and Panmure, and was quite agreeable to running some of its buses through Ladies' Mile and passing Abbott's Way if given sufficient support. It was essential for it to run through Ellerslie and pick up passengers there if it were to continue giving a service:to the back portion of Otahuhu and the Mount Wellington district.

The Ellerslie Town Board wrote objecting to the city tramways being granted a licence, and supporting the Passenger Transport Company's protest. The acting-manager of tramways said the Tramways Department had no objection to withdrawing its application for the Panmure service, but was applying for a licence to Ellerslie, Ladies' Mile and Abbott's Way. It would be necessary for the Passenger Transport fares to carry the penal fare of 2d from Ellerslie township to the city.

The Special Committee recommended that the city tramways application for Panmure and Ellerslie should be declined, and that the application for the Ellerslie, Ladies' Mile and Abbott's Way service be deferred for an amended timetable and route to be submitted, showing a service between Great South Road terminus and the intersection of Great South Road and Green Lane via Ladies' Mile, Peach Parade and Green Lane. Mr. J. B. Paterson moved an amendment that both applications should be deferred, and this was' seconded by IVSr. A. Thompson. The amendment was lost, and the committee's ' recommendations were then adopted. The Passenger Transport Company was granted licences to run services between Otahuhu and the city direct, via Great South Road, and between Otahuhu and the city, via Mount Wellington highway and Ellerslie.

A letter from the Railway Department stated it was prepared to augment the already frequent train service to cope with any . expansion of traffic. The authority was asked to take into consideration the fact that the department was considering augmenting its passenger service to Otahuhu by plating motorbuses on the road, and expected to make application for licences at a later data