£1 5s. Bus Pay Claim to be Considered
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CONSIDERATION is to be given by the executive council, of the CON
and General Workers' Union to a claim by London bus workers for an• increase in wages of £1 5s. a week, At a meeting on Monday, representatives of the workers asked Mr. Harry Nicholas, assistant general secretary of the Union, to put the claim before the executive.
Air Springs on A.E.C: Double-deckers
THE first British passenger vehicles "I" to be equipped with air suspension are the A.E.C. Routemaster and Bridgemaster double-deck buses. On both the coil springs which form the rear suspension have been replaced by bellowstype air springs.
In the report of the Frankfurt Motor Show (The Commercial Motor, September 27) the air suspension on the Krupp Butte! tractor was likened to the A.C.V. design, except for the use of air springs.
DRIVERS WARNED ABOUT SUBSISTENCE CLAIMS WHEN a lorry driver was fined £10 VV for illegally trying to obtain subsistence allowance from his employers, Mr. G. F. Rogers, chairman of Sevenoaks magistrates, gave warning that other drivers found guilty of a similar offence would risk prison sentences. The *man, Clive Soley-Adams, Godwin Road, Bromley, was accused of claiming subsistence. for two consecutive nights when he stayed at home.
Mr. T. H. Jones, prosecuting, said that when Soley-Adams was interviewed he replied: "Is. sacking not sufficient?" The company had made it clear that false claims for subsistence allowance would he treated as fraud and followed by police action.
Leonard David Masters, a transport manager, saidthat, according to log sheets, Soley-Adams spent -August 13 at . Rainham and August 14 at Surbiton. But his lorry was seen outside his home on both' nights.
Pleading not guilty, Soley-Adams said: "Thissort of thing goes on, and to my mind it always will."
WARNING TO APPLICANT OVER " PROHIBITIONS
WHEN Mr. Kenneth W. Devereux VV applied at Stockton-on-Tees, last week, for an A licence, he was warned that his licence could be revoked on the evidence of prohibition notices served on him in the past. Mr. J.. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, told Mr. Devereux to ensure that his vehicles were . properly serviced and man tamed in future,
The applicant replied that he was getting an oil-engined vehicle as a replacement.
n6 Originally, the men demanded an extra 41 8s. a week, but the claim has been reduced by 3s: It is of vitalimportance, because if any part of it were granted, the provincial 'company and municipal busmen would demand a similar increase to maintain the difference in wages between London and the provinces established by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal: Mr. Frank Cousins, general secretary of the Union, who has shouted defiance at those counselling restraint in wages, is now faced with a delicate diplomatic exercise in maintaining the balance between the interests of London and Provincial busmen.
Removers Say "No "
Meanwhile, Mr. H. P. Marks, representative of furniture removers on the Road Haulage Wages Council,Tuesday declared that the removal industry could not afford higher wages. Pay could be increased only at the price of unemployment.
Any attempt to demand higher pay for the operation of heavy vehicles at 30 m.p.h. would be strenuously resisted, he added.
[Mr. Marks' statement is -reported on page 326.] ONE-MAN WORKING REJECTED
ASUGGESTION that more oneman operated ,buses should be introduced in Hull has been rejected by municipal busmen.. Despite a promise from the transport committee that there would be no redundancy, a secret ballot held by the Transport and General Workers' Union -showed that bus crews Were not in favour of the scheme.
Mr. E. Tate, secretary of the Union branch, said "Negotiations are somewhat involved at the moment." He would not say what the voting figures were.
Mr. G. H. Palfrey, general manager of the undertaking, repeated that there would be no redundancy.
HAULIERS TO SIGN CODE LIAULIERS whose names appear in future editions of the Road Haulage Association's long-distance guide will have to subscribe to a code of conduct. The draft is now in preparation. This will ensure that the operators have certain minimum facilities and the resources to carry traffic, and that fair rates will be maintained.
This point is made clear by Mr. R. Morton Mitchell, chief executive officer of the R.H.A., in the Association's journal, Road Way.