Minister on Small Man's Chances
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QNE of the most satisfactory features of denationalization had been the opportunities given the small haulier, said Mr. J. Boyd-Carpenter, Minister of Transport, on Tuesday, at a luncheon of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses in London.
He added that clearing houses enabled small operators to provide the facilities' obtainable from large undertakings.
Mr. J. W. Ellis. chairman of the conference, voiced fears about the slowness of denationalization. He wondered whether this would be completed by the time of a possible General Election later in the year. He also had doubts about the effectiveness of new companies jointly managed by representatives of tile British Transport Commission and the private investor.
GRANDSTAND VIEW FROM COACH
A GROUP of Sheffield businessmen 1--1. had their own private buffet bar and grandstand for the Grand National provided by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd.
• The group asked Mr. Ben Goodfellow. general manager of S.U.T., for a coach with a buffet. Mr. Goodfellow decided to improve upon this request. A tubular-steel platform was fitted to the reinforced roof of one coach. Its interior Was stripped and converted into a luxurious bar. To reach the "grandstand," the occupants climbed a ladder and through the roof.
The coach was one of the company's Gay-class A.E.C.-Windover models. A second coach carried the party.
BIG INCREASE IN VEHICLE ALLOWANCE
THE Yorkshire Licensing Authority has granted permission to Walton and Helliwell, Ltd., Mytholmroyd, to increaSe the number of vehicles they use on their express service between Hebden Bridge and Great Yarmouth from two to 26 during July and August.
During the hearing of the application, which was opposed by British Railways, the company said they had a long waiting list of prospective holidaymakers whom they could not accommodate with their existing facilities. There were no through trains to Great Yarmouth from either Hebden Bridge or Halifax, where there was a picking-up point.
CODE FOR B.R.S. DRIVERS
ACOPY of the new Highway Code is to be given to each of the 22,000 drivers employed by British Road Services, who have arranged for the matter to be put oh the agenda of the next meetings of the 200 local joint consultative committees, with a view to emphasizing the importance of the revised code.
Special attention will be drawn to the changes in the code, and this will be linked with the accident-prevention campaign which has been operating in the organization for some time.