233 Vehicles in 10 Units in List 5.3
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L1ST S.3, -the shortest yet published, was issued on Wednesday by the British Transport Commission. It comprises-233 vehicles, including 23 spares, in 10 units, all but one of which have premises.
Locations of the. units, with the numbers of operational and spare vehicles shown separately,are as follows: Acerington 10, 1; Glasgow 15, 2; Howgate 28, 3; Manchester 25, 3; New Malden, 15; Northwich 39, 4; Paisley 18, 3; Smithwick 14, 2; Stafford 35, 4; and Uttoxeter 11, 1. All have been offered before.
Tenders for the New Malden unit close on January5, and for the others on January 12.
"MUST FARCE GO ON?"
EFERRING to denationalization 'IN during the debate on the Address on Tuesday, Mr. Herbert Morrison said that the time would come when the Government must decide whether the " farce" was to go on, or whether they would stop it and have some comprehensive road organization. The sale of larger units had been difficult and the small units had not. gone to the small men, as was said to be the intention.
British Road Services' finances had been steadily improving, and the profit made last year was approximately equal to the amount in -dispute between the railwaymen and the British Transport Commission.
GLASGOW TO PAY ANOTHER £300,000 IN WAGES WAGE increases are expected to cost ill Glasgow Transport Department more than £300.000 a year. The recent award, plus those of 3s. and 4s. late in 1953 and early this year, will raise the department's costs by about £500000 a year.
Cllr. M. McAllister, convenor of the transport committee, said on Monday that fares would have to be reviewed at the enit of the financial year in May.
At Birmingham, where, as reported last 'week, the rise will cost £180,000 a year, an application for higher fares is expected to be made soon.
FUEL TAX HAMPERS • DISTRIBUTION
rOVERNMENTS should re-examine the levels of taxation imposed on distribution and consider whether the present incidence of taxes was economically sound, This view was expressed unanimously at a meeting in Paris of the Commission on Distribution of the International Chamber of Commerce. The Commission's findings were published on Wednesday.
Fifty-six delegates from 14 countries attended under the presidency of M. Henri Toulouse. A study of taxes on fuels suggested that the present high rates might seriously hamper distribution.