BUS WARFARE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19691, 19 January 1926, Page 5

BUS WARFARE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sxk, —Tour reference to the question of bus warfare and the statements by the. tramway manager are interesting reading. As a matter of fact, there is business and to spare, for all corporation and privatelyowned buses, but greed is, as usual, the factor that causes the warfare, and the corporation officials are as much to blame as the private owners. A short time ago a tramway official was given a suggestion to run a bus to connect with the Kaikorai' tram as the Octagan and run to the Exhibition. The official tuns approached appeared to be most concerned about the fact that this might benefit the Kaikorai Tramway Company, which seems not to bo on the most agreeable terms with the corporation. A private bus owner, however, saw a chance of doing good busines and met the Kaikorai tram, and then apparently the corporation buses were told off to meet it also. The Kaikorai tram passengers, however, showed their appreciation of the private bus owner’s work by sticking to him, and this has evidently angered our tramway officials, for they arc now threatening prosecution of this bus owner for taking his stand at the Octagon. The benefit of the public and of the "Exhibition apparently does not count. The attitude of the corporation was “We don’t want it, but we are not going to allow anyone else to have it”—a dog in the manger position, surely, that reflects but little credit on our civic officials.—l am, etc. , B. J. JUjxe.