PRAMS ON BUSES
Transport Bd View “We appreciate the problems of operators in driving buses in heavy traffic, but I cannot believe that the Tramway Workers’ Union would wish to deprive the mothers of Christchurch of the carriage of prams,” said Mr E. J. Bradshaw, deputy-chairman of; the Transport Board, yester-] day.
He was commenting on the report that the union would discuss a ban on prams at a meeting on August 14, and the Canterbury Housewives’ Union proposal to call a publie meeting if the issue developed.
“The board feels that it has done everything that it reasonably can do by prohibiting prams on buses at peak hours and restricting the size and weight of prams carried at other times,” said Mr Bradshaw.
Pram carriage was not remunerative, Mr Bradshaw said. The revenue so earned barely covered repair costs. Prams were carried in a vulnerable position on the front of buses and the board was liable for any damage caused to them. However, said Mr Bradshaw, pram carriage was a service to mothers, provided over many years by successive boards, and it was the board’s wish that it be continued.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31116, 20 July 1966, Page 14
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191PRAMS ON BUSES Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31116, 20 July 1966, Page 14
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