BIRMINGHAM TRAVELLERS MUST START FROM DUDLEY
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WHEN Eaton ways, Ltd., appealed W against the West Midland Licensing Authority's refusal to grant a licence to run an express service from Small Heath, Birmingham to Scarborough and Bridlington, Mr. J. R. C. SamuelGibbon, for the company, said that if Birmingham people wanted 'to go to those seaside towns they had to start their journey by going to places like Dudley or Walsall to board a coach.
There was a service from Coventry with a picking-up point in Birmingham, but it was always fully booked. The respondents were G. H. Austin and Sons, Ltd., and the Railway Executive. Mr. W. Tudor Davies, the inspector hearing he case, said that he would report to the Minister of Transport.
NYLON GROWS IN TYRES
EL`XPERIMENTS were being carried 1--lout in the use of materials such as steel, glass fibre and Nylon for tyre casings. NYlon seemed to be the best proposition, but unfortunately it grew in use with the result that the tyre section became too big.
Mr. T. K. Lawler, sales director of the India Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., gave this information fast week.
DONCASTER'S JUBILEE
FIFTY years of service was completed by Doncaster Transport Department last week. A tram system cotnmenced in 1902. In 1903, 1.6m. passengers were carried and vehicles covered 287,550 miles. In the year ended March 31, 1952, the undertaking's motorbuses and trolleybuses carried 47m. passengers and ran over 4m. miles.
COACH PREFERRED TO TRAIN
ALTHOUGH they could travel to the West Country by rail in half the time, holidaymakers preferred to travel by coach. Mr. S. St. John Chester, for Messrs. Ward's Coaches (3romsgrove), made this statement last week when the firm appealed against a decision of the West Midland Licensing Authority.