Stage Work Subsidizes Express Operations
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WM have arrived at a point in the VV case of companies which operate both stage and express services. where the stage services are subsidizing the express services, which is quite wrong because, the latter are mainly used for pleasure." tv1r.. T. D. Corpe■made this submission to the Western Licensing Authority at Bristol, last week. He was speaking for six operators who successfully applied for fare increases on their express services between London and the West Country. Inc operators were Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., Associated Motorways, Ltd., Western National Omnibus CO.. Ltd., George Ewer and
Co., Ltd., A. Timpson and Sons, Ltd., and Valliant Direct Coaches, Ltd.
Increases were also authorized on services radiating from London and Cheltenham to other parts of the country. Fares on services between London and the west were raised, on the average, by 5 per cent., with a 10-per-cent, ceiling. There is to be a flat rise of 5 per cent, in those on Associated Motorways' services from Cheltenham. Mr. S. W. Nelson, chairman, said it was clear something should be done to put the companies on a sound basis. The increases were "quite modest," and were not as high as the rise in the companies' costs,
TYRES EARN MORE THOUGH EXPORTS FALL r_IANT tyres directly exported last
year were chiefly responsible for an increase in total value of tyres exported from £22,734,559 in 1955 to £24,613,892 in 1956, Value of giant-tyre exports went up from £13,269,628 to
£14,722,860. • Whilst the total value of the tyres exported showed an increase, state the Tyre Manufacturers' Conference, the numbers of tyres directly exported fell from 8,388.140 in 1955 to 8,372,634 last year.