§ 9. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade if any motor omnibuses have been withdrawn from service in the Croydon and Ilford districts on Sundays; how many omnibuses have been withdrawn; and if general instructions have been issued by his Department to the omnibus companies that they are not to increase their services when the municipal tramway services have been reduced in the interests of war economy and coal saving?
Sir A. STANLEYFour omnibuses have been withdrawn from the Sunday service in the Croydon district, and nine in the Ilford district. The omnibus companies have been requested not to increase their services on tramway routes, where, to secure economies in the consumption of fuel, tramway services are reduced.