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AFINAL order, by consent, was made in the. Restrictive Practices Court in London on Monday in connection with an agreement between members of the Garage •Equipment Association. Mr. W. A. Bagnall, for the Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements, said that the Association had decided to terminate the a g r e ement with effect from February 3, 1960.
Mr. Bagnall also asked for a supplementary representation order to cover a number of companies which had joined the Association since the original representation order was made. He said that they had consented to their inclusion in the list of concerns set out in the application now before the court.
Three members of the Association had not agreed to their inclusion in the representation order but had given the Registrar an undertaking to regard themselves as bound by the same terms of the undertakings given by those representing the Association.
Having received that undertaking, the Registrar would not press for injunctions against the three.
Mr. Justice Pearson agreed that the final order should be made.
DOUBLE-ENTRANCE SINGLEDECKERS FOR L.T.E.
rgo into experimental service on country bus routes. three A.E.C. Reliance chassis with Willowbrook bodies have been ordered by London Transport. They are designed for one-man operation.
The bodies will have driver-controlled doors at the front and centre, and seat 42 passengers. It is hoped that trial running will indicate time saved by passengers entering through the front door, and alighting from the centre exit.
The Reliances are 30 ft. long and 8 ft. wide, and are powered by the A.E.C. 7.7-litre 100 b.h.p. engine. Lightweight body construction will be used. There will be high-level windows above the cant-rail for the convenience of standing passengers. Both sets of doors will be 2 ft. 7 in. wide and power-operated.
DEATH OF MR. R. M. MITCHELL
WE regret to announce the death last Saturday, after a long illness, of MR. ROBERT MORTON MITCHELL, chief executive officer of the Road Haulage Association. He was 51.
Mr. Morton Mitchell took up his office with the R.H.A. in 1949. His career began with private legal practice in Edinburgh from 1925-31, following which he was in local-government service in Scotland until 1945. He then became general secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Employers' Association, leaving in 1947 to become secretary of Relay Services Association of Great Britain. Apart from his office with the R.H.A., he was secretary of the National Road Transport Federation and a member of the London Travel Committee set up by the Minister of Transport. He was a member of other bodies connected with road transport and active in local politics,