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Six More Passengers in Single-deckers
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THIRTY-FIVE single-deck buses I seating 32 passengers have had their length increased to provide 38 seats by dividing the bodies in the middle and inserting an extra section, the chairman of Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., Mr. R. W. Birch, revealed at the company's annual meeting, last week.
The seating capacity of the fleet was generally being increased without adding to the number of vehicles. Twelve single-deckers had been converted into double-deckers by altering the chassis and equipping them with lightweight bodies, and another 12 were to be similarly converted.
Mr. Birch said that the coach-air link, which was operated to the Isle of Man in co-operation with the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation, carried more traffic each year.
NO BLACKSMITH—BUYS LORRY
BECAUSE he could not find a blacksmith, Mr. D. F. Allan, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol, sold the horse and cart he had used for several years in connection with his business as a scrap dealer and bought a lorry, for which he applied for a B licence to the Western Licensing Authority last week.
The applicant was allowed to carry goods other than furniture and household effects within a I2-mile radius of Bristol. A five-mile radius had been applied for, but the Authority asked Mr. Allan if he was sure that that would be far enough.
Objections were made by British Road Services and Messrs. Harvey and Sons.
"ROADS SCHEME TOO SMALL"
"THE existing roads programme is too small and too slow," stated Mr. C. T. Brunner, vice-chairman of the British Road Federation, last week, speaking to the Federation of Construction Machinery Importers. Unless something was done quickly the road problem might never be solved. That so many years had elapsed without a mile of motorway being built suggested that serious administrative defects existed. There were extraordinary gaps between governmental intention and actual performance.
LOT. ADVANCE DATES
T"presidential address to the Institute of Transport will be delivered on October 10 and the Henry Spurrier Memorial Lecture on December 12, both at 66 Portland Place, London, W.I.
The Institute's anniversary luncheon will take place on November 9 at the Connaught Rooms, London, W.C.2, and the annual dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, London, W.1, on March 16 next year. Arrangements are under consideration for a visit to the Continent in May or June next year.