May I congratulate Mr WHITBY on his excellent and lucid paper It has filled me with interest and admiration Interest, because the subject is one in which for some time past I have tried, by preaching and propaganda, to interest others Admiration, because, judging by my own reaction, he seems likely to succeed where I have failed

From this well deserved tribute to the lecturer I do not wish it to be inferred that I agree with all he has said on the subject

He has stated at the outset that the “public user” and other aspects are left by him to be dealt with by other speakers—in the case of the “public user” this is my unfortunate self But he nevertheless goes on, in the latter part of his paper under the heading of “Traffic requirements for booking and handling passengers,” to state what the passenger or public user must do to satisfy the operator