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Page 109
... licensing of horse - drawn vehicles , they applied only within local authority boundaries , so that a service running through industrial Lancashire required buses licensed by each authority through whose area they passed . In most ...
... licensing of horse - drawn vehicles , they applied only within local authority boundaries , so that a service running through industrial Lancashire required buses licensed by each authority through whose area they passed . In most ...
Page 110
... licensing today . All the same , the state of affairs prior to 1931 had its ad- vantages , the greatest being the freedom given to operators to back their own judgement and provide services wherever they saw a prospect of reward . This ...
... licensing today . All the same , the state of affairs prior to 1931 had its ad- vantages , the greatest being the freedom given to operators to back their own judgement and provide services wherever they saw a prospect of reward . This ...
Page 113
... licensing authority is known as the traffic commissioner , in the singular . The Metropolitan area also differs from the rest in that the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis is responsible for licensing drivers and con- ductors ...
... licensing authority is known as the traffic commissioner , in the singular . The Metropolitan area also differs from the rest in that the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis is responsible for licensing drivers and con- ductors ...
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