B.E.T. Made Most of Summer •
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"THE summer was extremely good— and our companies made the most of it," declared Mr. H. C. Drayton, chairman of British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., when he spoke of bus companies operated in the United Kingdom, during his annual report, last week.
The number of passengers carried by the associated companies during 1959 was nearly equal to the 1958 figure—" a remarkable achievement bearing in mind the number of new private cars which come on to. the road every day," he observed.
Referring to the loss of wage stability which occurred during May, Mr. Drayton revealed that, with consequential increases, the latest awards would cost B.E.T. companies an estimated £3m. in a 'full year.
Expressing the personal opinion that the basic cost of oil fuel was too high, he questioned whether this situation could continue indefinitely as new sources of oil were being found and awaited marketing. "It is our duty to pursue all sources of supply so that we may buy at the cheapest possible price," he declared.
NO DAMAGES FOR INJURED CONDUCTRESS
AA BUS conductress who injured her knee when she slipped on a patch of oil at a bus garage lost her claim for personal injuries against the Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., at Cardiff County Court, last week.
Judge Wilfred Clothier, Q.C., told Mrs. Margaret Frost, aged 35, of Nicholas Street, Pontypool, who made the claim, " Although my sympathies go out to you, a garage is a place where people should tread with a certain degree of wariness."
Mrs. Frost told the judge that as she stepped off a bus in the depot her feet slipped from under her and she struck her knee on the side of another bus. She had slipped on a large pool of oil and had stayed away from work for nine weeks.
After being told that the floor was washed once every day and .that a continuous watch was kept for ..spotsof oil, the judge said "I think the company look after their garage with reasonable care. To clean it once a day is, to my mind, enough." He gave judgment with costs to the company.
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