THE LATEST NEWS OF IIVIINMYEMNT EVENTS
Page 55
Page 56
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
AT. the annual general meeting of the Booking Agents Association of Great Britain, Ltd,, which was held in London on August 30, the chairman, Mr. T. Morris, made reference to the scheme of reorganization that was undertaken in February last, as the result of financial stringency. A new committee and officers were then elected, and the annual subscriptiOn Was raised to 25s. The scheme had worked well, said Mr. Morris, and the Association was again on a sound financial footing.
The re-election of the officers and the committee for the year 1934-35 resulted in Mr. C. J. Adams being appointed president. with Mr. Fe G. Goodman as vice-president. Other officers elected were Mr, T. Morris, chairman ; A. L. Curtis, deputy chairman ; Mr. E. J. Kearn-George, honorary treasurer, and Mr. C. R. Taylor, honorary secretary.
The committee of 10 members comprises Messrs. L. Major, S. Cohen, C. W. Howship, N. Barnett, W. Doughty, R P. Phipard-Shears, H. Harris, V. B. Bernard-Smith, F. J. Dowsett and D. S. Canine.
At present there are 201 members on the register, and efforts are to be made to increase the strength of the Association by offering membership to provincial agents (outside a radius of 30 miles of Oxford Circus, London) at a reduced subscription of 12s. Oa, per annum.
It was suggested that four general meetings should be held each year, in addition to the annual meeting, in order to give ordinary members more chance to take part in the affairs of the Association. The first of these meetings was arranged to be held on November 15 'next.
INCREASE IN I.F.S. BUS TRAFFIC.
THE Irish Free State bus statistics for the month of July show an increase in traffic on wholly internal services and a decrease on cross-Border services. During the month, 8,182,000 passengers were carried on internal services, as compared with 7,537,000 passengers during the month of July, 1933. The receipts amounted to £116,584, an increase of £5,988 on the figure for July, 1933. It is interesting to note that whilst the number of passengers carried and the receipts on internal
services show an increase, the vehiclemiles run this year at 2,710,000 were lower by 54.000 compared with the corresponding month of 1933.
During July this year, the number of passengers carried on cross-Border services was 180,000, and the gross receipts from passenger fares amounted to £8,478, as compared with 227,000 and £10,891 respectively during July, 1933. The number of vehicle-miles run on cross-Border services was 141,000, as compared with 214,000 miles last year.
The total gross receipts from passenger traffic by motor coach during July last amounted to £4,943.
FORTHCOMING .APPEALS:' ALTERATIONS TO DATES.
WTE have been notified of two alteraVV tions to the list of forthcoming appeals published in our issue dated August 31. The appeal by the London and North Eastern Railway Co., against Orange Bros., and others, originally fixed for September 7, has been postponed indefinitely. Allenways, Ltd., appeal, fixed for September 10, has been postponed until September 13.
" THE MOTOR" TRIP TO ULSTER.
A TRIP to Ulster to see the Tourist .1-1 Trophy Race, held on the Ards Circuit, on Saturday, September 1, was organized by our associated journal The Motor. The trip was run from London, Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester, and the motor ship "Ulster Prince" was chartered for the crossing. On arrival at Belfast 15 Leyland oil-engined coaches conveyed the 419 passengers from the quay direct to the course, returning to the ship after the race concluded. The coaches were supplied by the Northern Counties Committee,
HALIFAX APPEALS DECISIONS.
DECISTONS made by the Minister of Transport in respect of appeals • brought by Halifax Corporation and Halifax Omnibus Services Joint Committee, against certain ridings of the Yorkshire. Traffic, Commissioners, have now been announced.
In the appeals against conditions granted to the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., and Yorkshire (W.D.) Electric Tramways, Ltd., on applications to provide a joint service between Manchester and Bradford, and against Ripponden and District Motors, Ltd., in respect of its Manchester-Halifax service, the Minister has allowed the appeals, and has made an Order on the Commissioners to vary the conditions of the licences in question so as to restore the fares which were in force immediately prior to the decisions of the Commissioners.
In the appeals against the grant of a licence to the Yorkshire (W.D.) Electric Tramways, Ltd., to provide services of express carriages between Halifax and Lower Edge, and Halifax and Rastrick, the Minister is of the opinion that the Commissioners should have considered the Joint Committee as a potential operator of the services between Halifax and Rastrick previously operated by Messrs. E. J. Slater and San.
The Minister has decided not to make any Orders on the Commissioners in respect of these appeals. As the licences were dueto expire on June 30 the question of granting fresh licences will he considered by the Commissioners at an early data.
The Minister is of the opinion that, at that time, the Commissioners should also consider any application for a licence which the Joint Committee may have submitted in respect of these routes as a result of the " consent " which he has decided should be granted on this appeal.
Halifax Corporation's appeal against the refusal to consent to the running of the corporation's vehicles on roads outside its .district, comprised in the Elland-Lower Edge and EllandRastrick routes was allowed.
The appeal by Yorkshire (W.D.) Electric Tramways, Ltd., against conditions as to children's fares granted to the Joint Committee on certain services, was disallowed. NORTHERN BUS MERGER SCHEME REVIVED.
THE suggested Merger of public 1 transport undertakings in Southeast Lancashire and in North Cheshire is to be discussed again at a conference to be held in Manchester during this month. The scheme affects nine undertakings, which include Manchester, Salford, Bury, Stockport, Ashton-underLyne and Oldham.
The scheme has received poor support so far from the authorities concerned, the difficulty being that no undertaking desires to sink its identity in a merger.
EXCURSIONS TO SEE THE 534 LAUNCHED.
SPECIAL excursions from various parts of Scotland to Clydebank, in connection with the launching of the giant Cunarder on September 26, are to be run by Messrs. W. Alexander and Sons, the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., and associated concerns. They are making provision for passengers to see the launch in comfort by erecting a grandstand in a field some 400 yds. distant from the vessel. The stand will accommodate 10,000 people and the adjoining enclosure will hold 30,000 persons.
NEW LONDON-NEWCASTLE EXPRESS SERVICE.
AN express service between Newcastle and London is to be started by Messrs. Charlton and Sons, Hebburn, and the Majestic Saloon Coaches (Newcastle and London), Ltd. One of the conditions attached to the licence is that a passenger shall not, on the same journey, be picked up or set down on that part of the route which lies between Newcastle and a point 440 yds. south of Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire.
BERWICK BUS SERVICE TO REMAIN.
THE Traffic Commissioners for the Northern Area have given their decision in regard to the BerwickSpittal service. The bus terminus in Marygate, Berwick, which has been the subject of much controversy, is to remain, the Commissioners having decided that the service as operatedat present meets the needs of the public in a greater degree than does the suggested alternative.
The Commissioners made certain suggestions with reference to limiting the time that vehicles may remain at the terminus, also they suggested the installation of a system of one-way automatic signals between the top of Hide Hill and the Market Place, and the adjustment of certain stopping places.
GLASGOW ESTIMATES FOR
Prim transport committee of Glasgow I Corporation has approved the manager's esSimate of £2,829,000 for revenue and £2,764,000 for expenditure for tlse year 1934-1935, leaving a surplus of £65,000. In submitting the
B42 estimate, the manager again emphasized the fact that it is practically impossible to estimate the revenue and expenditure of the department with anything like accuracy. He added that the revenue is largely dependent on weather and trade conditions, and whilst there is slight •evidence of an improvement in industry, there can be no guarantee that this advance will be progressive.
ORANGE BROS.' NEW SERVICES.
THE Traffic Commissioners have given their sanction to Orange Bros., Ltd., to operate express services from Newcastle to London and from Newcastle to Darlington.
MANCHESTER BUSES POPULAR.
FOR the periods from April 1 to August 11, the returns for Manchester Corporation's transport services show that the buses have gained an increased revenue that more than
accounts for the fall in the tramway receipts.
The returns were: Buses £321,349, an increase of £27,514; tramways £486,319, a decrease of £11,649. During July 8,921,795 passengers were carried on the buses, this being an increase of 605,376 compared with the same month in 1933. The trams for the same month carried 16,859,814 passengers, a decrease of 373,360.
LOUD-SPEAKERS FOR SHEFFIELD
THE transport committee of Sheffield Corporation has considered the question of installing loud-speaker equipment in buses, similar to that already installed in one bus, and recommends that five further buses, to be used mainly on the outer circle route, should be so fitted.
CHESTERFIELD'S NEW-ROUTE APPLICATION.
CHESTERFIELD Corporation has applied to the Traffic Commissioners for permission to operate a service between Chesterfield and Danesmoor, via Derby Road, New and Old Tupton and Clay Cross, subject to modifications to fares and time-tables. 'The buses were previously run by J. Cresswell.
JOINT COMMITTEE'S GOOD FIRST YEAR.
THE first year's working of the buses of the Burnley, Colne and Nelson Joint Transport Committee, which covers the period ended March 31, 1934, shows a gross profit of £16,573, inconic having totalled £138,856 and working expenses £122,283. The gross profit was reduced to a balance of £8,099 after meeting sinking fund and interest charges, this amount being carried to the appropriation fund.
During the year the buses covered an aggregate mileage of 3,000,032 and carried 19,912,383 passengers. At the end of March last the buses were operating on a route mileage of 61.87. An interesting point mentioned in the report is that the fuel-consumption return for oil-engined vehicles was equal to 9.02 m.p.g., whereas for vehicles running on petrol it was 5.64.
At the end of March the authority had a fleet of 100 buses, made up of 60 Leylands, 22 A.E.C.s, 9 Maudslays, 7 Guys and 2 Crossleys, whilst it had on order 18 oil-engined 52-seaters of Leyland make.
"HEBBLE" TO ACQUIRE NEW SERVICES.
A PPLICATION has been made by 1-11-lebble Motor Services, Ltd., to the Traffic Commissioners for the Yorkshire Area, for permission to take over a number of excursions and tours previously operated by R. Edwards and Co., Ltd.
INCREASED SEASON-TICKET FARES.
THE various bus companies operating between Newcastle-on-Tyne and Whitley Bay brought into operation, on September I, a scheme for increasing season-ticket fares in order to bring them into line with those charged on the L.N.E.R. electrified route.
The increases vary from one shilling in the case of a monthly ticket for a short journey, to 1'5s. in the case of a three-months ticket for the full journey.
The companies concerned ate Tynemouth Traction Co., Newcastle Corporation, Wakefield Motors, Ltd., and United Automobile Services, Ltd.