BIGGER SURPLUS ON OLDHAM MUNICIPAL BUSES
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ACCORDING to the report of the genersl manager and engipeer (Mr. C. P. Paige) of the passenger-transport department of Oldham Corporation, the revenue from the municipal transport services in the year ended March 31 last amounted to £407,311, compared with 4381,753 in the previous year, whilst expenditure amounted to L337,423, against £321,550. The number of pas-. sengers carried was 60,151,527 and the aggregate mileage totalled 3,870,518.
The gross surplus amounted to £67.024 and the net figure to £29,305. The surplus on the buses was £34,758, compared with £8,941 a year earlier, but the trams incurred a deficit of £5,453, against £3,261.
TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATORS' CENTRE FOR SOUTH WALES
AT a recent meeting in Cardiff it was decided to create It South Wales and Monmouthshire Centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration. A small organizing committee was appointed, with Messrs. G. L. Harris (Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., Newport) and Malcolm Evans (traffic manager, Metal Box Co., Neath) as joint honorary secretaries. A programme of regular monthly meetings on the third Monday of each month will commence on September 17.
OPPOSING NEWCASTLE'S TROLLEYBUS BILL
OPPOSITION is forthcoming from Northumberland County Council to the Bill promoted by Newcastle-onTyne City Council for obtaining powers to run trolleybuses on additional routes. Some of the proposed routes are over county roads and discussions are to take place between the county and city authorities with a view to reaching agreement on this point.
PLANS FOR ROAD TUNNEL UNDER THE TYNE
ITT has been agreed by Northumberland Durham County Councils to promote a Parliamentary Bill to obtain powers to build a road tunnel under the River Tyne, between Jarrow and Howdon. Estimates of the cost vary between £3,000,000 and £4,000,000, and the work will take four years to carry out. The Ministry of War Transport, ibine time ago, expressed its support of the plan.
SHORT-TERM SANCTION FOR COACH TOURS
AQUALIFIED sanction has been given by the North-east Regional Transport Commissioner, Major F. S. Eastwood, to the proposals by East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., to operate excursions and tours from Butlin's Holiday Camp, Filey.
In a reserved decision following the public inquiry at Bridlington, reported in our issue for last week, the Commissioner finds that proof of need has beep established, but he isnot satisfied that the operation of excursions and tours from within the camp in question should necessarily be restricted only to East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd.
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Therefore, he limits the sanction to a short-term defence permit operating for three months and expiring on October 31.
He has also decided that the facilities shall be limited to the operation of four vehicles per day, in view of the need for improving certain stage-carriage services operated in the Bridlington, Filey and Scarborough districts. The number of vehicle journeys authorized has been reduced accordingly.
SYNTHETIC TUBES SHOULD BE VULCANIZED
AS may not be generally known, the Tyre Directorate of the Ministry of Su.pply .does not consider that cold patching is satisfactory for the repair of synthetic tubes, and it recommends that all such repairs should be vulcanized.
In this connection we are advised by Surridge's Patents, Ltd., Westbourne Place, Hove, Sussex, that it has
recently acquired from Kautex (Plaitks), Ltd., the sole selling rights of a vulcanizer, which is a William Frost product specially designed for the M.O.S., and has been adopted for use in this field, both at home and abroad. This vulcanizer provides a simple and inexpensive means for vulcanizing a repair to a synthetic or natural-rubber tyre at the roadside or elsewhere.
NEW MUNICIPAL BUS STATION FOR LEEDS?
A PROPOSAL to construct a new 1-1 municipal bus station at Leeds, in substitution for the existing one, was mentioned at the city council's meeting
on August I It is contained in a markets development scheme submitted by the markets committee to the reconstruction committee, which has adjourned the subject for further consideration.
Although the proposed site is not far from that of the existing station, it is stated to be much more convenient for access to the shopping centre.
COVENTRY TRANSPORT COMPANY CHANGES HANDS
I T is announced that the take-over of
Messrs. Bunty Motorways, one of Coventry's oldest transport firms, has been completed by H. and H. Transport, Ltd., Waverley Garage,' Kenil
worth. The latter was started in a small way by Messrs. A. D. Huckvale and H. C. Hemmings, at the rear of the Thistle Inn, West Orchard; they later purchased the Centaur and Victoria Works which they transformed into a modern headquarters for a transport and garage business.
In later years the company absorbed the old-established firm of Messrs. Thomas Wise with their fleet of up-todate vehicles, and Messrs. J.H.C.
Transport, of Kingswinford. During the war years the company 'has specialized in the. transport of heavy machinery.
The purchase of Messrs. Bunty Motorways with their fleet of luxury coaches and commercial vehicles has made the company an operator of one of the most comprehensive fleets in the Midlands.
R.H.A. MAKES GOOD HEADWAY IN SCOTLAND
THE Scottish area of the :R.H.A. has
made considerable progress with the organization of functional groups. The fixing of livestock, grain, cement, horse and tipping rates has created considerable interest, and a decision is now awaited on the subject of timber rates.
A social and sports sub-committee, representative of each sub-area, is being formed, and already in the Glasgow area a move has been made in this direction through the holidays-at-home activities organized in Maryhill Park
Among forthcoming events arranged for the area is a film display of the work of Foreign Service Unit No. 2.
In the south-west of Scotland a rates settlement has been reached with Dumfries County Council.