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Leyland's £4m. Cuban Bus Order

10th January 1964
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ONE of the largest orders ever received by Leyland Motors Ltd. was announced this week by Mr. Donald Stokes, managing director of the Leyland Motor Corporation. It is from the Cuban Government and calls for 400 singledecker buses to be used in Havana. The order was secured against tenders from companies in France, Germany, Japan, Spain and Czechoslovakia and is believed to be part of Cuba's plan to standardize on Leyland buses throughout the country. This plan may well lead to orders for a further 1,000 Leyland chassis.

It will be recalled that Cuba purchased no fewer than 620 Leyland buses in 1949 and a further 200 were ordered in 1959.

The latest order specifies the integrallybuilt 36-ft. Leyland/M.C.W. Olympic with 45 seats. The bus order is worth 0,570,000, plus spares valued at £393,000.

MUNICIPAL CLAIM

From our Industrial Correspondent

/AGE bargaining was expected to start VV in earnest when the National Joint Industrial Council for the Road Passenger Industry resumed its consideration of the three-point demand by the unions for higher pay, a shorter week and longer holiday for municipal busmen yesterday.

Last month's meeting ended without the claim even being reached on the Council's agenda. But in the meantime London busmen have received their interim pay rise, and the field would now appear to be clear for some realistic negotiations.

Meanwhile the parallel claim on behalf of 100,000 company men is in abeyance. The employers rejected it out of hand when it was presented towards the end of last year and the six unions have taken no steps so far to reopen negotiations.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Tough Line: Halifax passenger transport committee is to get tough with vandals who damage corporation buses. The committee is planning to pay a sum of £10 to anyone giving evidence leading to a successful prosecution, employees excepted.

Stark's Motor Services Acquired: Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. has acquired the business of Stark's Motor Services, Dunbar, with effect from January 1, 1964. The business is centred on Dunbar, with a smaller garage at North Berwick. The fleet name and livery will continue as at present, with S.O.L. fleet number added to the 14 vehicles involved. Mr. Alexander Liddle, who has been in charge locally, will become district traffic superintendent of the two depots. Bus Services Threatened: Services in the Winchester area will be disrupted this weekend if a threatened ban on overtime by the platform staff of King Alfred Motor Services comes into operation. The difficulties, which have arisen in spite of normal managementstaff negotiating arrangements, are over the reintroduction of spread-over duties following essential cuts in evenings and Sunday services. This independent concern provides 18 city and rural services in and around Winchester and operates a 40-vehicle fleet.

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