TRANSPORT CONTROL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 8

TRANSPORT CONTROL

NEW BUS REGULATIONS COMMITTEE’S PROPOSALS EMBODIED IN BILL (Parliamentary fit porter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Motor Omnibus ’1 rnfiir Bill intro duccd lust night 1«y Governors Mess;r:t’ is m line with the i ecommendallons i f the .Select Committee v.llich recent Iv considered the 'inis reguhilions. Tin* 13 licensing districts formerly enumerated appeal hi ;i schedule to tin l Bill, and a clnu-e states that the licensing authorities, which shall he the eouncil of a borough or other local authority in the area, are m he anI>ointt 1 1 by tlie .Minister of Internal Alfairs. I.ieenses are to he issued from November 1 next, and are renewable on -Maieh hi. The licensin'.: authority will have power In specify the routes and tares, ami the Bill renews the provisions for 2d extra fare on 'buses running parallel to tramway routes. The insurance clause will enable ’bus proprietors to take out a general indemnity against accidents t ha! may occur in the course of the service. Public authorities are exempt from the operation of this clause. The Bill declares that the New Zealand Government accident insurance brunch shall, for the purpose of this \i t lie regarded as a company carrying on a business in New Zealand. TRANSPORT APPEAL BOARDS.

The Select Committee’s recommendations regarding the right of a ’bus owner to require a local authority to purchase an existing service if the. renewal of his license is refused has been incorporated in the Bill. A transport appeal hoard will lie appointed in each district, comprising two members representing the Government, one representing the local authorities conducting the transport set-vices, one representing oilier local authorities, and one representing nrivale owners.

The .Motor Omnibus Bill also provides that on a petition signed bv not less than 60 residents in any area within a motor omnibus district praying for the establishment of a motor ’bus service for the convenience of passengers to or from a Iramvvay. I In* local authority shall either undertake to establish a service to the satisfaction of petitioners. or shall refer the petition to the liansport appeal hoard for enquiry. If the hoard recommends the service it will lie the local authority’s duty to establish it. The Bill was read a first time.