One-man Bus Dispute Resolved by N.J.I.C.
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A FTER a six-hour meeting in Hull Guildhall, last week, it was annouheed that Hull's one-man-bus dispute had been resolved by an emergency committee of the National Joint Industrial Council for the municipal passenger transport industry. No details are expected until next Friday, -when Hull Transport Committee meet. The dispute started six months ago, and was referred to the N.J.I.C. when employees refused to co-operate in the extension of one-man operation. Before last week's meeting, members of the emergency committee toured the city in a one-man bus. They were told by the driver that the system worked well, with good co-operation from the public. The committee consisted of Aid. F. Jamieson (chairman of Preston Transport Committee), Mr. Ben England (general manager, Nottingham), Mr. J. Cooper (general manager, Leicester), Mr. J. Leonard and Mr. H. Keene (Transport and General Workers' Union), and Mr. R. Cooke (General and Municipal Workers' Union).
EIRE COACH TOUR& RAIL OBJECTIONS FAIL
SOME of the tourist traffic opened up by Fire's lifting of the ban on foreign coaches was won, last week, by Hants and Dorset Motor Services, Ltd., and Excelsior European Motorways. The South Eastern Traffic Commissioners granted them licences to operate from Bournemouth to Liverpool and Holyhead for air and sea crossings to Eire. Shamrock and Rambler Motor Coaches, Ltd., and Charlie's Cars (Bournemouth), Ltd., were refused similar licences. .They proposed to charter Irishowned coaches for their proposed tours; whereas Excelsior and Hants and Dorset will have their own vehicles in Dublin. Objections to the applications were lodged by British Railways, on the ground that traffic would be abstracted from their existing Eire services. Mr. D. W. Morison, traffic manager of Hants and Dorset, claimed that the railways were not doing anything extra for tourists. No meals or couriers were provided, despite the demand from people who did not like to travel on extended tours unescorted. M. Vernon Maitland, managing director of Excelsior, said people did not want the trouble of changing from station to station, making their own way to docks or airport, and handling their own luggage on holiday. Granting the two applications, Mr. H. J. Thom, chairman, said the railways were not serving any specific demand for pleasure tours.
MOBILE SHOP NOT A SHOP
AMOBILE shop is not a shop within the meaning of the Shops Act, 1950. This was agreed by Woodbridge (Suffolk) magistrates, last week, when they dismissed a summons against a man who admitted selling a packet of tea from a mobile shop on a Sunday.