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London Transport Drop am. Revenue
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1-1 A LOSS of revenue to London Trans
port of up to £2m. in the first 14 days of the bus strike is shown in figures issued by the British Transport Commission.
Revenue from London Transport's road services in the four weeks to May 18 totalled £2,329,000, compared with £4,549,000 in the corresponding period of last year, a drop of £2.22m. On the other hand, rail receipts increased by only £257,000 from £1,760,000 to £2,017,000. , Total receipts for the first 20 weeks of the year on the road services were £3.4. lower than in the corresponding period of last year. They dropped from £23,066,000 to £19,863,000. London Transport's rail receipts in the first 20 weeks of the year were £27,000 lower than last year, when they were assisted by the Suez incident. They declined from £9,180,000 to £9,153,000.
This downward trend is followed by the Commission's provincial and Scottish bus receipts, which, in the first 20 months, fell by £816.000 from £21,572,000 to £20,756,000.
10 OBJECTORS—RUT NO APPLICANT PRESENT QEVERAL witnesses who had prepared L./ full figures of their vehicles' operations waited to give evidence at Bristol, on Monday, when it was learned that the applicants had not appeared. Mr. T. D. Corpe, for 10 road objectors, remarked: " It is monstrous that a firm of this size have not attended to proceed with their application."
The applicants were Transport (Bristol), Ltd., Cattle Market Road, Bristol, who wanted to add an articulated container outfit to their B licence for carrying meat from Avonmouth to local cold stores.
Mr. A. W. Balne, for British Road Services, said he had a witness from Avonmouth. Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, refused the case.
NEW ARTCO COMPANY
Aspart of the plan for the reorganization and widening of the scope of Artco, a new company, Associated Road Transport Contractors, Ltd., has been formed. The original number of members is 50.
The objects are "the promotion of co-ordination between members of the transport industry by grouping or pooling of resources with a view to securing maximum efficiency and economic stability in transport operation, etc."
Mr. W. M. Harris, Mr. Alan Cusick, Mr. A. W. Smith, Mr. D. H. McVeigh, Mr. R. C. W. Nickolls and Mr. H. L. Walker are the directors.
WAGES COUNCIL HEAR VIEWS
THE Road Haulage Wages Council met on Wednesday formally to consider representations on the proposals for higher wages and subsistance allowance, and the upgrading of 11 towns, contained in R.H.(63). The recommendations have now to be ratified by the Minister of Labour.