BIG HAROLD WOOD BID REFUSED A N application by Harold Wood
Page 32
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
and Sons Ltd., of Heckmondwike, for 35 vehicles for the carriage of tel oil, bitumen and petroleum products for ShellMex and B.P. Ltd., Petrofina (Great Britain) Ltd., and Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd., was refused by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, at Leeds on Tuesday. Objectors were B.R.S. (Pickfords) Ltd. and British Railways.
Plymouth Bus Dispute Ends: The 12-weekold bus dispute at Plymouth ended on Monday when the men lifted their ban on standing passengers. The decision followed a series of meetings between the transport department and the T.G.W.U., during which agreement was reached on spreadover duties resulting from the proposed service reduction. Discussions are to start soon on the question of standing passengers on city bus services. The new schedule, over which this dispute originally Bared up, took effect on October 26 and involved timetable reductions on 25 services and the withdrawal altogether of one route.