Guy Form Company in South Africa
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To have depots in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and Salisbury (Rhodesia), Guy Motors South Africa (Pty.), Ltd., has been launched. Mr. Sydney S. Guy, chairman and managing director of Guy Motors, Ltd., has stated that the time has come to demonstrate faith in the future of South Africa by expanding the scope of sales and service facilities.
"There is a standing order at the works that it is more important to keep a vehicle on the road than to produce a new one," he commented at the opening ceremony in Cape Town.
He added that because South Africa was prosperous, the oil-engined vehicle had not been widely adopted. This type could, however, save Id, a mile in operating costs, representing an economy of £166 in a year in which 40,000 miles were covered.
BIG NEW REPAIR DEPOT
A NEW vehicle repair depot is to be built at King's Cross Station, London, to provide comprehensive maintenance facilities and accommodation for a collection and delivery fleet of 420 vehicles and 700 trailers, also mobile cranes and other units. The main shop floor will cover 20,000 sq. ft This work is part of a £235,000 modernization scheme approved for the Eastern Region of British Railways.
NO MORE FREE TRAVEL
PASSES to enable certain corporation employees to travel free on the municipal buses should not be renewed, South Shields Transport Committee have decided. Old-age pensioners, blind persons and councillors will still be granted concession fares.
Liverpool Haulage Rates Up 12%
OCAL haulage rates in Liverpool have been increased by 12i per cent., bringing charges up to 195 per cent.. more than before the war. One reason given for the rise is the reduced tonnage that can be handled in a day because of abnormal delays at docks and warehouses. Long-distance haulage rates are also up by 71 per cent.
NEW R.H.A. RATE SCALE
A NEW schedule of recommended
rates—RH/D/20—has been produced by the Road Haulage Association. The previous issue, RH/D/19, was based on costs prevailing three years ago.
The new publication, which in particular brings charges for excess mileage and establishment costs up to date, is based on costs at the end of last October. Since that time wages have again •risen and operators are recommended to add 21 per cent_ to all rates given in RH/D/20.
S.U.T. CARRY 1,000 MORE
A THOUSAND more passengers .1-"X were carried by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., on their Continental and British tours in 1,954 than in the previous year, and bookings on express services broke all previous records. This was announced in a message from the chairman, Mr. R. W. Birch, who was ill, which was read at the annual dinner in Sheffield.
Mr, Birch referred to the success achieved by the fleet of Elizabethan coaches, which it was intended to double this year. More new services would be introduced and the company intended to apply to the Licensing Authorities to extend their inhere of operation.