Tories Press for Rail Inquiry
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CONSERVATIVE M.P.s on Tuesday
heavily supported a . motion tabled in the House of Commons urging a fullscale inquiry into the future of the railways. The Government, writes our political correspondent, have never closed their mind to such an investigation, one object of which would be to settle the relative positions of road and rail transport.
The motion gives Mr. Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport, the opportunity of setting up an inquiry if he wishes, but urges that a report should be made within a year.
LIVERPOOL FIGHT DECLINE
ACAMPAIGN designed to reduce the decline in bus receipts caused by the growth of private transport and the popularity of television has been inaugurated in Liverpool. The city publicity department have prepared four posters which will appear on 150 of the transport department's buses.
The posters will emphasize the difficulties of motorists in congested traffic 'conditions and the problems of finding a car park, and use the slogan " Go by Bus." The same wording will appear on all departmental mail.
SCOTS OUTPUT IN 1961
THE £9m. factory which the British Motor Corporation are to build at Bathgate, West Lothian, may be in production in the summer of next year—six months earlier than expected. Work on laying the foundations may begin in the next three months.