REVENUE STILL LAGS BEHIND EXPENDITURE
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lk 4ANCHESTER City Council has IY1 approved a revised scale of fares, except the proposed 2d. minimum charge for travel on Sundays. Although the increased fares are expected to raise the transport department's revenue by .about £550.000, Course. R. Moss. chairman of the transport committee, states that this sum will not offset the increased expenditure brought about by improved conditions for workers.
PRIZE-WINNING BODYWORK DESIGNS
T"ORROW (April 12) an exhibition of prize-winning drawings, including those of single-deck buses, ambulances, horseboxes and delivery vans, entered for the competitionsarranged by the Institute of British
Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers, the Worshipful Company cf Coachrnakers and Coach Harness Makers of London, and the S.M.M.T., will be opened. The hours will be 10 a.m. to 9 p m. until April 16 (Sunday excluded). It will be held at the School of Motor Body Building, Polytechnic Annexe, Little Titchfield Street, London, W.I.
NEW ISSUE BY WALLACE ARNOLD?
POSSIBILITY of a new capital issue by Barr and Wallace Arnold Trust, Ltd., the Yorkshire road transport company controlling both passenger and haulage undertakings, was indicated by the chairman. Mr. Robert Barr, at the 10th annual meeting on April 2, in
Leeds. The Trust has doubled the number of coaches and lorries under its control.