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anticipation of the Minister of „abour issuing an order based on Tosals submitted by the Milk Disnaive Wages Council, United Dairies holesale), Ltd., and the Express iry Co., Ltd., have increased ployees pay by 85. 6d. for males and 6d. for females, with proportionate es for juniors. The new rates, which effective from August 30, are Is. 6d. ,re than the amounts suggested 8y the incil.
[he workers' side of the Road Haul: Wages Council is to submit, on tober 1, an ,application for a subntial increase in wages.
Higher pay for workers covered by operating and other wages agreents between the Road Haulage ecutive and the Transport and neral Workers' Union is also being ight. The National Joint Negotiat; Committee heard the union's cage Monday.
[he unions associated with their 1.N.C. (maintenance and repair Ldes section) of the RICE. have also :ided to seek higher pay for their mbers employed on the maintenance e of the undertaking. The commitare to meet to hear the claim on tober 5.
LOSS ON 40% OF MILEAGE 'HE resistance of passengers to higher fares and the effect of teleion were among the reasons given for irop of lfm. passengers during the tr by Mr. T. R. Williams, chairman, the general meeting of the Aldershot District Traction Co., Ltd., last ek. A slight improvement in revenue s attributed to higher fares, but pour costs had increased by some 5,000 over a full year.
'a spite of reducing unrernunerative 'cage by nearly Am., no less than 40 • cent. of their total was operated at
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k new type of one-man-operated tick is to be introduced on rural vices run by the company as soon as tsible.