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Amendment Bill in Committee

23rd March 1951, Page 34
23rd March 1951
Page 34
Page 34, 23rd March 1951 — Amendment Bill in Committee
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THE committee stage of the Transport (Amendment) Bill was due to have taken place in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The standing committee consisted of 49 members, 25 of them Socialists, 23 Conservatives and one Liberal. The chairman was Mr. J. Diamond, Labour M.P. for the Blackley division of Manchester.

The Socialist members included some of the most bitter opponents of freedom for the C-licensee.

CONTINENTAL FUEL PRICES

CURRENT prices of petrol and oil fuel have been prepared by a special correspondent. They are as follows:—

PREPARING FOR NEW GOVERNMENT " WE have been preparing a long time YV for what we are sure will still come to pass—a change of Government," said Mr. N. Ingram, chairman of the West Midland Area of the Road Haulage Association, when he spoke at the annual dinner of the Coventry subarea, last week.

He referred to the recent drivers' meeting in Birmingham, at which 448 out of 465 voted in favour of private enterprise as opposed to State employment. Mr. Ingram urged drivers to hold a similar meeting in Coventry.

S.C.W.S. CUTS SKYE SERVICES

BUS operators in Skye may be forced to discontinue their services because of the bad state of the roads. This fear was expressed by Mr. A. Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, at a sitting in Inverness last week.

S.C.W.S., Ltd., was given permission to reduce certain services until the end of April. A representative stated that the buses were running at a loss.

The question will be reviewed in October.

READY-MIXED ETCHING PRIMER

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etching primer to be made, Strathclyde primer has been produced by Federated Paints, Ltd., Glasgow. The product will not jellify, and can, therefore, be stored. It is made for application to non-ferrous metals and plastics, and has high corrosion-inhibiting properties.