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Soaring Costs Hit Newport
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MEWPORT'S buses incurred a loss of 11 £1,792 during November, Mr. R. A. Hawkins, general manager, told the transport committee.
Total traffic revenue for the four weeks ended November 26 was £46,038—a rise of £1,790 over the same period in 1959.
£44,694. The expenses rose by £2,258 to
4,94
The transport department are still concerned about staff shortages, and a special report will be submitted to Newport town council showing how many drivers left the department between April 1 and December 31 last year, whether they were trained by the department, and the number of conductors available for training as drivers.
Appeal Turned Down
THE appeal by Gillards,of Normanton, against the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners' refusal to grant an express service between Norman ton and Cleethorpes, has been turned down by the Minister of Transport.
In his decision, the Minister states that he agrees with the inspector's view that if Gillards' service were extended to Wakefield it would be bound to abstract from railway traffic between Wakefield and Cleethorpes. Evidence of deMand from an extended road service was weak and did not justify the prospective abstraction from the railways.
Gillards' application for an increased vehicle allowance was also refused.
SERVICE MECHANICS
THE examination for the National Craftsman's Certificate for vehicle service mechanics is now open to candidates from Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Full details of this scheme are set out in Ministry of Education leaflet "Rules 115" which is available from H.M. Stationery Office, price ld., and correspondence should he addressed to The Secretary, Joint Committee for the National Craftsman's Certificate. 20! Great Portland Place, London, W.1.
BESI EXPANDS
LONDON Transport are to extend their trials with BESI—Bus Electronic Scanning Indicator — equipment to another five Central bus routes. , The device, in use for the past three years on the Camden Town-Putney Heath service, consists of " scanners " which transmit information to headquarters and enable remedial action to be taken when service regularity is affected by traffic congestion.
The extension of the scheme is part of London Transport's efforts to reduce the effect of these delays on other bus services running through Central London.
NEW CHEVROLET PLANT
ANEW plant at Fermont, near San Francisco, as part of a major expansion programme, is planned by General Motors' Chevrolet Division. The new plant, Chevrolet's 14th assembly point, will produce cars and lorries after its completion in the autumn of 1962.