TOURIST BOARD SET UP FOR SCOTLAND
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TRANSPORT companies and organi zations in Scotland are to be asked to assist in the "Come to Scotland." campaign. In this connection, a new Scottish Tourist Board has been set up by the Scottish Council on Industry, of which Mr. Tom Johnston is ,chairman.
Speaking in Glasgow, recently, Mr. Johnston emphasized that finance for this project will have to come from Scotland, but he is confident that plans already made will provide all the finance required for the first two years. after which he is satisfied that Scotland will have realized the value of the tourist industry as an economic asset.
Mr. Robert Wotherspoon, Inverness, vice-chairman of the executive committee of the Scottish Travel Association, and Sir William Thomson, DL., LL.D., 1.P., chairman and managing director of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., are members of the new Board.
REDUCING NUMBER OF ' STANDING PASSENGERS
(IN December 11, 1941, the Regional %-/Transport Commissioner gave permission to all the bus operators in the North Midland region to carry up to 12 standing passengers on all public service vehicles. This permission is being rescinded on and after January 14, 1946, when the permitted number of standing passengers on all services will revert to eight.
R.H.A. ANTI-NATIONALIZATION PLANS IN NORTH-WEST
PLANS for an anti-nationalization campaign covering the Merseyside and North Wales area, were recently discussed at a meeting of the public relations sub-committee of the R.H.A. North-western (Western) Area and representatives of the T.R.T.A. Liverpool District and North Wales Sub-area. The following sub-committee was appointed to draft an area petition proposed to be presented to M.P.s:— Messrs. T. Lawrenson, E. A. Whitehead,
R. I). Stockdale, H. Allan, J. F. Supplies, B. G. Ormrod and C. R. Whitnall.
As part of the anti-nationalization campaign, it is proposed to hold meetings in Liverpool, St. Helens, Warrington, Southport, Chester, Wrexham, Mold, Rhyl, Bangor, Caernarvon, Portrnadoc, and Welshpool or Montgomery.
An area anti-nationalization bulletin is to be issued monthly in two languages, English and Welsh.
SCOTTISH HAULAGE TRANSFERENCE
ME are advised that Mr. C. A. Lloyd, VI' proprietor of Beacon Garage, Bogside, Newmains, has acquired Dalziel Haulage, Ltd., Hamilton, and has transferred the business to Newmains.
MANCHESTER PLANS TO ABANDON TRAMS
THE transport department of Man
chester Corporation plans to complete the change-over from trams to buses during the next 12 months. At present 300 trams remain in the service of the undertaking, but delivery of the 330 new motorbuses and trolleyhuses on order will, it is hoped, enable the change-over, held up during the war years, to be completed by January, 1947.
OBITUARY
We regret to report the death of MR. ERNEST A. C. DELL, chief draughtsman of Teen [emit, Ltd. He had been with the company for 131years.
We regret to learn of the death, which occurred on January 4, at the age of 64, of MR. J. H. PARKER, M.I.E.E., chief electrical engineer of London Transport.
The death is announced of MR. SCOUIAR LAP/SON, well-known figure in the West of Scotland road transport industry. He was a director of the haulage concern of Lawson Brothers (Kirkintilloch), Ltd., and formerly served as a director of David Lawson, Ltd., the bus-operator concern, before it was absorbed by the S.M.T. Group.
RECORD REVENUE ON NEWCASTLE'S MUNICIPAL FLEET
THE annual report of the transport 1. and electricity undertaking of Newcastle-on-Tyne Corporation states that, for the year ended March 31, 1945, the amount available for appropriation was £71,831, compared with £.80,853 the year before. The gross revenue at £1,162,884 was a record. The report states that the chief reasons for a falling cff in the profit were higher wages and higher maintenance costs.
EXTENSION OF PRIORITY TRAVEL IN DEVON
AN application by the Devon Genera! Omnibus Co., Ltd., to continue, until February 28 next, the existing prioritytravel scheme to the Torbay area has been approved by the Regional Transport Commissioner.
The priority-travel committee has asked employers to take every care to carry out fully their part of the scheme. It points out that many employers are failing to withdraw the priority permits from persons leaving their employment, with the result that people giving up war-time jobs are able to retain priority permits although no longer entitled to them. The committee has warned employers that unleSs this matter be dealt with properly the scheme will be of little avail to true permit holders, and that this has a material bearing on the continuance of the scheme.
SPECIFICATION FOR CIRCULAR SCREWING DIES .
I N collaboration with the makers of screwing tackle, the British Standards Institution has recently prepared a schedule of dimensions relating to hexagon die nuts. This schedule gives the overall dimensions of 17 sizes of nut blank and lists the particular screw thread which is associated with each size of blank.
The schedule is published as Amendment No. 1 (P.O. 401) to B.S.1 177—Circular Screwing Dies. Copies are obtainable free, on application to the British Standards Institution, 28, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I. A stamped addressed envelope should be sent.