'Manchester Coach Owner Sells Out
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THE 32-year-old coach business of W. A. Strowger, Ltd., Grearne Street, Moss Side, Manchester, has been sold to Mr. Stanley Hackett, managing director of J. W. Fieldsend, Ltd., Salford, who are big operators of excursions and express services.
Strowger's operate eight coaches on express services from Manchester and Liverpool to Burtonwood (on which they ' have carried nearly 400,000 American Servicemen) and on excursions and tours and private hire. Mr. Strowger sold his haulage interests two years ago and now retires from transport. •
BEADLE GIVING UP VEHICLES I T was announced on Wednesday that • John C. Beadle (Coachbuilders),
Ltd., Dartford, were ceasing to produce coaches and buses and other bodywork.
"Certain contracts are still to be completed and the factory will be closed gradually over the next few months," it was stated. "Adequate arrangements are being made for the servicing of the Beadle vehicles in operation and the supply of spare parts."
MOVE TO FREE SOUTH AFRICAN HAULAGE
A SURVEY of the economics of 1-1-transport in South Africa is to be made by the Bureau of Economic Research of Stellenbosch -University. Part of the cost is to be met by industry in that country.
Industrialists have contended for some years that the Government's transport policy was a serious impediment to
• expansion. It is hoped that the State's support fOr. the nationalized railways, to the detriment of road transport, will be relaxed.
• It is argued that the National Transport Commission treat hauliers unfairly in the allocation of permits. The railways claim that hauliers prefer to carry only the more valuable traffic, but manufacturers contend that, as the railways cannot cope with the present volume of traffic, road haulage should be encouraged.
MINISTER AS P.V.O.A. GUEST
I T is expected that Mr. Harold • Watkinson, Minister of Transport.
, will be the principal guest at the annual dinner-dance of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association. This will be held at Grosvenor. House, Park Lane, London, W.1, on October 14.
TALKS ON PARKING CHARGE
A SUB-COMMITTEE .of •Blackpool I-1 Highways Committee will meet representatives of the North-Western Area of the Passeng e rVehicle Operators' Association on Monday to discuss the corporation's higher charge for coach parking. The charge has been raised from 3s. to 5s. for 12 hours.