From The Press Gallery .sx ( By Our Parliamentary Correspondent ) .sx Westminster , Tursday .sx - There was a different finish to the Financial Bill debate to-night .sx Realising that it would be foolish to make a third turbulent demonstration against the guillotine , the Tories contended themselves with a formal protest , uttered by Sir Mitchell-Thomson , coupled with a practical suggestion .sx This was that the statement which Mr. MacDonald had annouced earlier in the day would be made next Tuesday from Mr. Snowden on the important exemption clause , with the object of shortening debate , could be made next Monday night , so that members could have time to consider it .sx Sir Austen's Gloom .sx The Premier's reply that he was unable to give a definite answer until he had consulted Mr. Snowden did not satisfy Sir Austen Chamberlain , who declared gloomily that the country was faced with the deterioration of Parliament .sx Sir Donald Maclean , however , regarded the Premier's attitude as conciliatory , and the suggestion of Sir Mitchell-Thomson as reasonable , and on this Mr. MacDonald promised to give it further consideration .sx The whole day was pleasanter , and a few minor amendments were accepted , and concessions made .sx One of these was announced by Mr. Snowden , and another , extending the time in which appeals can be made , was made by the Solicitor-General .sx Quite A Different Thing .sx A Labour Government in action is a totally different thing from a Labour Government as presented in propaganda from the platform .sx Audiences who have often heard how Labour would wipe out old sores by means of a Budget would be rather surprised to see how such an instrument takes shape at Westminster .sx It is ding-dong , and at times dreary , and always difficult , work , at which the ordinary Labour member is the reverse of expert .sx So far in this Finance Bill Committee stage the rank and file have observed deep silence .sx Solicitor-General Sir Stafford Cripps has hitherto borne the brunt of the battle for the Government and he has done it exceedingly well , with tact , skill , and patience .sx Tories have recognised that , and have thanked him .sx Sir Boyd Merriman , his Tory predecessor , called attention to the sparse attendance on the Labour benches .sx Labour members , he averred , were not seizing the opportunity to learn something of the intricate details of the measure .sx Mr. Hudson Indignant .sx Mr. J. H. Hudson ( M.P. for Huddersfield ) , the Chancellors assiduous private secretary , who does a lot of messenger work from the bench behind Ministers to the seats under the Press Gallery , where the staff is entrenched with ammunition wherewith to answer quesitions and knotty points , was indignant , but Mr. Chairman Dunnico turned off his protest with a jocular remark .sx One of the features of the day was the hughe majorities registered by the Government in divisions .sx Once the majority soared as high as 133 .sx It is clear that the Tories are reserving themselves for next week , and more particularly for the critical day of the Liberal amendment on Tuesday .sx Taking People To Blackpool .sx Trains v. Buses .sx Traffic Commissioners' Heavy Day .sx The Traffic Commissioners for the Yorkshire area , who held they first sitting in Huddersfield in the Council Chamber yesterday , sat from ten o'clock in the morning until after eight in the evening , and then adjourned the proceedings until to-day .sx As reported in the later editions of yesterday's " Examiner , " the application of Mr. Leonard Baddeley , 44 , Sommerset Road , Huddersfield , to continue an existing bus service between Huddersfield and Sheffield , via Newmill and Flouch , was opposed by the Huddersfield Corporation and the London Midland and Scottish Railway Joint Bus Committee , by the Sheffield Corporation and the Joint Omnibus Committee , by the Yorkshire Traction Committee , and by the London and North-Eastern Railway .sx Sir Walter Greaves-Lord , who appeared for the Joint Committee , submitted that on the evidence as it stood the application was clearly one which ought not to be granted because the route was already adequately served .sx The application was only to encourage wasteful and harmful competition .sx Corporation's Restrictions .sx Mr. Buddeley also applied for permission to continue his service between Huddersfield and Scholes , and asked the Commissioners to remove the restrictions imposed by the Huddersfield Corporation respecting the taking up and setting down of passengers .sx Mr. A. E. Thompson ( for applicant ) said that at present Mr. Baddeley was opperating partly on the return ticket system .sx The applicant thought that he should be allowed to take up and set down passengers at the recognised stopping places .sx Mr. Baddeley had run this service since September , 1930 .sx The Honley and Newmill councils had granted him licenses to run through their areas .sx During the six months coded May last , Mr. Baddeley had carried 101,197 passengers .sx In reply to Sir Walter Greaves-Lord , who appeared for the Joint Bus Committee , Mr. Baddeley said that he ran an hourly service .sx Mr. J. H. Fletcher , who oppossed the application on behalf of Messrs .sx Wilson Haigh , Ltd. , Holmfirth , said that after nine o'clock in the morning Mr. Baddeley charged single-far-and-a-half for a return journey .sx The other companies operating on this route did not issue cheap tickets after nine o'clock .sx If the Commissioners decided to grant the license he hoped they would insist on the applicant charging the same fares as the other companies operating on this route .sx Miss J. M. Goodall , Clerk to the Newmill Dirstrict Council , said that her council supported the application .sx Fall In Receipts .sx Mr. A. A. Blackburn , general manager and engineer of the Corporation Tramway Department , answering Sir Walter Greaves-Lord , said that the Joint Committee ran buses to Jackson Bridge .sx Some time ago the Newmill District Council asked his department to extend the bus service from Jackson Bridge to Newmill .sx The department decided not to do so on account of the smallness of the population of Newmill and also because of the bad condition of the road leding to Newmill .sx The receipts of his department on the Jackson Bridge route had fallen considerably since Mr. Baddeley had started to run buses to Scholes .sx County Motors ( Lepton ) , Ltd. , Penistone Road Garages , Waterloo ( who were represented by Mr. G. Beaumont , of Wakefield ) , applied for the continuance of their existing services between Huddersfiled and Wakefield , Huddersfield and Dewsbury , Brighouse and Horbury , Huddersfield and Barnsley , and Huddersfield and Grange Moor .sx The Town Clerk of Huddersfield ( Mr. S. Procter ) on behalf of the Corporation , asked the Commissioner to protect the Waterloo tram route , which , he said , was entirely in the borough .sx With regard to the Huddersfield-Wakefield service , via Kirkburton , the Corporation wished to point out that County Motors were under-cutting fares between Huddersfield and Kirkburton .sx Their single fare was 5d .sx , and they were asking for permission to fix the return fare at 8d .sx The Corporation charged a single fare of 5d .sx and the only return fares they gave were workmen's tickets until 9 a.m. The County Motors wanted to have a return fare of 8d .sx at any time during the day , and workmen's tickets as at present .sx Mr. Beaumont urged that it was quite a usual and common practice to give return fares .sx His clients agreed to the penny protective fare on the tram route , but wished to protest against the prohibition of picking ups .sx Service To Blackpool .sx Messrs .sx Joseph Hanson and Sons , Ltd. , of Saville Street , Milnsbridge , entered applications for the continuance of their existing services between Huddersfield and Blackpool , Huddersfield and Oldham , Huddersfield and Golear , Huddersfield and Metlham , Huddersfield and Height , Huddersfield and Marsden , and Huddersfield and Hill Top .sx Mr. J. D. Eaton Smith appeared for the applicants .sx Giving evidence with regard to the Huddersfield-Blackpool service , Mr. Robert Hanson , managing director , said that his firm had been operating this service for twelve years .sx Cross-examined by Sir Walter Greave-Lord , for the L.M.S. Rly .sx , who objected to the application , Mr. Hanson said that in the summer buses left for Blackpool at 8.30 and 1.30 each day , and extra buses were put on according to the requirements .sx Sir Walter :sx What proportion of your passengers comes back the same day ?sx - Perhaps ten per cent .sx Replying to further questions , Mr. Hanson said that no other bus proprietor in Huddersfield ran a regular service between Huddersfield and Blackpool .sx The return journey on a Saturday or a Sunday night occupied the same length of time as on any other night .sx The Chairman :sx On the ordinary summer service , what is the total number of buses employed in one day ?sx - Twelve .sx At special holiday times the total number of vehicles employed on the service in one day would be thirty ?sx - Yes , Sir .sx How many buses do you own ?sx - Twenty-six .sx Ribble Motor Services , Ltd. , and Todmorden Corporation also entered objections .sx Sir Walter's Submission .sx Sir Walter Greaves-Lord , adressing the Commissioners , submitted that it was quite impossibility for them to come to a decision about that explication until they had got the full picture of the West Riding application for Blackpool .sx If they were going to have at Easter-time and Whitsuntide thirty buses from Huddersfield to Blackpool how many were they going to have from all the other towns in the West Riding ?sx Until that picture was complete it was impossible for the Commissioners to come to a decision .sx The fares charged by the buses were lower than the railway fares , and the result was that the Railway Company's chance of a reasonably remunerative service was being taken away .sx The Railway , he said , could allow for expansion .sx The bus services could not , and if they were encouraged they would kill themselves .sx The Railway could clear from Blackpool 10,000 people an hour without diminishing the speed of their trains .sx They also provided for taking people to their homes when they got back to Huddersfield .sx Railway Passenger Traffic .sx Sir Walter added that in 1923 the Railway Company's passenger traffic between Huddersfield and Blackpool was 47,000 .sx In 1927 it had risen to 78,887 , but in 1929 had fallen to 57,000 .sx Last year the figures had got back to 49,152 .sx Unemployment Grants Committee .sx 59,000 Men Directly Employed .sx At the four meetings of the Unemployment Grants Committee since May 1 last a number of schemes of work submitted by local authorities and other statutory bodies for the relief of unemployment were approved for Government grant .sx The estimated cost of the schemes so approved was 3,450,000 , to provide employment for approximately 7,550 men .sx Schemes before the Committee , which are now the subject of inquiry , number 851 , and are estimated to cost 13,127,000 .sx At April 24 last , the latest date for which figures are available , there were approximately 59,000 men directly employed on schemes of work approved for grant on the recommendation of the committee , or on schemes specially added to provide work in necessitous areas during last winter .sx These later schemes are now nearly completed , and , consequently , the number of men employed on them shows a decrease .sx But the figures for the Unemployment Grants Committee schemes show a continuous increase .sx The monthly figures for January to April inclusive were 49,100 , 5,986 , 56,392 , and 57,578 respectively .sx It is considered that as many men are indirectly employed on these schemes as are included in the figures of direct employment .sx Sugar Beet Subsidiy .sx Concession to Factories to Cost Extra 225,000 .sx The conditions on which the Government will give assistance to the British sugar industry - in accordance with an announcement made by the Premier last Febuary - are set out in a White Paper statement issued yesterday .sx The terms have been accepted by the owners of twelve out of the eighteen factories concerned .sx The offer is the payment on a sliding scale in accordance with the market price of imported raw sugar of a sum not exeeding 4s .sx 3d .sx per cwt .sx of sugar manufactured , in addition to the subsidy of 6s .sx 6d .sx payable under the Act of 1925 .sx The direct cost of the special advance is estimated at a maximum figure of 225,000 .sx " Indirectly , " says the memorandum , " the advances will also , by enabling factories to pay higher prices to farmers , have increased to some extent the acreage under beet , and , consequently , the amount of the normal beet subsidy this year , but no figures can be given as to the increased acreage or cost so resulting .sx It was a condition of the offer that if during the residue of the subsidy period there should be a substantial rise in the price of sugar , advances made in 1931-1932 should be recoverable in 1932-1933 and 1933-1934 by deductions graduated according to the prevailing market price from the subsidies payable during those seasons .sx