Higher Fares Foreseen By Yorkshire Traction
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INCREASED wages charges amounting I to about £100,000 a year can only be met by some increases in fares, said Mr. Raymond W. Birch, chairman, Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., at the annual meeting last week.
Mr. Birch drew some comfort from the fact that private motorists, although increasing rapidly in numbers, were finding it more convenient to travel to work by public transport. New measures now, before Parliament would further restrict motorists in urban areas, and might well bring public transport into its own again, he said.
He called for the removal of the speed limit on public service vehicles, an increase in overall dimensions to bring British vehicles into line with their Continental counterparts and the removal, in whole or in part, of the 200 per cent. tax on fuel which he described as the "raw material of the industry."
MORE TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS 'THE increased activity of local I authorities in connection with the imposition of traffic restrictions is worrying the Merseyside and North Wales division of the Traders' Road Transport Association. The annual report of the division states that there is evidence in some quarters of a tendency to underestimate the essential role played by commercial motor transport.
"As traffic problems increase there is a danger of an impression being built up that commercial vehicles are the cause of all the trouble. More is being heard of bans on loading and unloading and. whereas in the past, places within the division have escaped anything of the kind, there are signs that the threat is coming nearer home," states the report in a note of warning.
WULFRUNIAN WELL RECEIVED A PROTOTYPE of the Guy ri Wulfrunian 75-seater had been " exceptionally well received by the travelling public," Sir Ronald G. Leon, chairman of the West Riding Automobile Co., Ltd., told the shareholders last Friday. Twenty-five of the vehicles were on order, and they should alleviate the acute staff shortage which constituted one of the company's most difficult problems,
All the rural services were unrernuneralive.
DEATH OF MR. C. F. COOK
WE regret to announce the death of Mr. Charles Frederick Cook, who retired as works director of Temple Press Limited, in 1956 after 33 years continuous service. He died suddenly last Saturday at his home at West Harrow.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the death of MR. W. F. CRANE. Mr. Crnne, chairman and managing director of Cranes (Dereham), Ltd., died last week after a long illness. He was 77.