The position with regard to the Overcrowding Regulation and the Company's attitude in the matter has been dealt with in the correspondence™ which has recently taken place and which concludes with the observation that if the Company makes a bona fide attempt to carry out the regulations, it would not find the Council unreasonable. This position of affairs still obtains, but it is not by any means evident that the Company accepts the situation. Indeed the contrary might be argued since, having at first contended that the Council had no power to make regulations binding upon the Company, and having been convinced to the contrary og a result of proceedings in Court, the Company has appealed from the judgment on the ground that the Regulation is unreasonable. This is a contention which the Council cannot and will not admit. The Council is ready and willing to deal with the Company in a reasonable manner, but while the Company contends that tha Council's regulation is unreasonable, and the Council contends that it is, and at the same time the Company makes so little effort to control the loading of its own vehicles that no less than thirty cases of overcrowding are awaiting a hearing, it would seem that no good purpose is to be gained by a conference.
I am directed, therefore, to inform-you that, on principle, the Council wishes the question of the appeal to be disposed of, and thereafter, if the Company wishes to make any proposals in matters
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