Manchester Costs Too High ?
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MAINTENANCE costs of Manchester Transport Department are 2d. a mile higher than those of privately owned undertakings. This was revealed when the city council, last week, discussed the working of the undertaking, which •faces an accumulated loss in revenue of £458,375 in the next two years.
It was decided to rescind the previous decision not to allow exterior advertising on the buses, from which an annual revenue of £30,000 is expected. The Council decided to seek an increase of Id. on the present 3d. tare and to raise the 24d. fare to 3d. Coon. H. Sharp, deputy chairman of the transport committee, contended that fares had been too low before the War and said that the renewal fund had now become almost exhausted. Experts had been brought in to check the running of the department, but the scheme had had to be abandoned because employees objected.
B.A.C.A. EXPANDS
A SOUTH-WESTERN branch of the r-k British Agricultural Contractors' Association is to be formed, with Mr. C. W. V. Gane as chairman and Mr. W. F. P. Bishop, secretary.
The general secretary of the association, Mr. F. L. Sabatini, reported at a recent meeting that more regional branches were to he established. B.A.C.A. was formed last year to represent agricultural contractors, fertilizer spreaders, post-control contractors and hauliers of farm and dairy produce.
I.O.T. MEETINGS
A MONG forthcoming meetings of .1-1 the Institute of Transport are the following:—February 14. Guildford group, discussion on cross-country traffic, Warwick Hotel, Redhill, 6.30 p.m.; February 16, CardiffNewport Graduate and Student Society, lecture on State road goods transport by T. J. E. Price, High Street Station, Newport, Mon., 7.30 p.m.