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of the trailers, and all the premises, of London Scottish Transport, Ltd„ have been sold on the first offer. There were 100 tenders for the eight units into which the assets were divided and so far sales have realised more than £300,000. As reported in The Commercial Motor on August 17, the company are now in liquidation on a petition by the Commercial Bank of Scotland for £200,000.
The unsold units are being re-offered. Tenders for them must reach the official liquidator, McClelland, Ker and Co., 120 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2, by October 23. They are unit 4, comprising 34 vehicles at Cathcart, Glasgow, on A, B and C-hiring licences, and 23 of the 30 original sub-units of unit 8, most of which are one-vehicle Lots on C-hiring licences.
Additional spare vehicles wilr later be offered for sale, probably by auction £1 2s. CLAIM BY COMPANY BUS WORKERS IT is understood that the Transport I and General Workers' Union are asking for an extra £1 2s. a week for their 90,000 members employed in company bus undertakings (The Commercial Motor last week). Both sides of the National Council of the Omnibus Industry are to meet to discuss the claim on October 17.
An application for a similar claim has been submitted to the Ulster Transport Authority by the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union.
The claim on company employers is 4s, more than that made on municipalities, which, as reported last week, rejected it out of hand. Following this action, the claim was referred for arbitration. The Industrial Disputes Tribunal will hear the case in London on October 26.
No further meeting has yet been fixed
to resume negotiations on a claim for London's bus workers.
850 ROUTEMASTERS ORDERED
AN initial order for 850 A.E.C.Park Royal Routemaster double-deck buses has been placed by the London Transport Executive. The Routemaster will replace London's 1,500 trolleybuses, the first of which will be abandoned early in 1959. Delivery of the Routemaster is expected to begin next year.
By 1959, the trolleybuses will be about 20 years old, and each will have run some 900,000 miles.
The South Lancashire Transport Co., and Bolton Transport Department are applying to the North Western Traffic Commissioners for permission to run motorbuses on their route from Bolton to Leigh, which is at present served by trolleybuses. This is the first step in the S.L.T. plan gradually to replace all their trolleybuses.