Saturday Extra Pay : New Application?
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AT a meeting in Leeds, last week, the National Joint Industrial Council for the Passenger Road Transport Industry accepted the Arbitration Tribunal's interpretation of the pay award to bits and tram men (an extra 7d. an hour for all work done after I p.m. on Saturdays in certain circumstances), made by the Tribunal in February. The interpretation was asked for by the Municipal Passenger Transport Association.
The Tribunal's interpretation of the award strictly limits the scope of the pay increase for work on Saturdays after 1 p.m.
First, it rules that the granting of 7d. per hour extra to employees whose duties are scheduled on a six-day roster in every pay-roll week means that this additional pay is not applicable to those working an 11-day fortnight—five days • in one week and six in the next. Secondly, it declares that the extra 7d. per hour does not apply to work for which employees are already paid at overtime rates.
In trade-union circles the feeling is that as a result of the Tribunal's interpretation the employees gain very little from the award. It is hinted that in consequence a new application for extra pay on Saturdays may be lodged shortly.
LONDON DISPUTE OVER STANDING PASSENGERS
THE London Transport Executive is to be asked by the Transport and General Workers' Union to review the present regulations about standing passengers.
In the meantime, London Transport workers have decided not to proceed with their intention of refusing to work overtime on Saturdays and of restricting the number of standing passengers to five from May 18.
TAPERED-ROLLER BEARINGS IN "INCH" SIZES
TO obtain a greater degree of standardization in tapered-roller bearings, British Timken, Ltd., Duston, Northampton, has decided to concentrate on the production of only " inch " size bearings. This means the discontinuance of bearings having metric dimensions.
Publication No. 440, just released, gives a selected range of tapered-roller bearings in sizes rising in increments of
lig in., in. and in. Copies of the booklet can be obtained free on request to the bearing maker.
PRICE OF OIL FUEL DOWN
LAST Saturday, a reduction of id. a gallon was made in the price of oil fuel for road vehicles by Shell Mex and B.P., Ltd., Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., and Fina Petroleum Products, Ltd. A similar reduction was made in the case of certain other fuels for industrial purposes, etc.
TRAFFIC DOWN: REVENUE UP
A LTHOUGH revenue for the year riended March 31 rose by £299,512, the number of passengers carried by Belfast Corporation's transport services decreased by 6,209,009. During the year, the total number of passengers
• carried was 251,369,695, receipts were £1,897,682, and the total mileage of all vehicles, 17,944,075.
SPARES FOR U.S. VEHICLES
REM AIN ING Government stocks of spare parts for Studebaker. White, Ward La France and Federal vehicles have been taken over by William Clark (Spare Parts), Ltd., 438, Harrow Road, London, W.9. The company also holds spare parts for Hercules and Cummins engines, Fuller and Clark transmissions and Timken front and rear axles.
BUS FARES INQUIRY QTRONG opposition to proposals for t-iincreasing Maidstone municipal bus fares is expected at a public inquiry on May 24. Higher fares were introduced last year because the corporation was threatened with a large deficit. Season tickets and most of the workers' concessions were also abolished The corporation is now applying to increase the fares again on both trolleybus and motorbus routes.
A VALID EXCUSE WHEN a Leeds lorry driver stated VV that he could neither read nor write, a summons accusing him of failing to keep records of his journeys was withdrawn at Bradford City Court on May 5. As joint owner of the vehicle he was fined 10s. for not causing records to be kept.
THE DRAGON RETREATS I T is understood that production of the Dennis Dragon tractor, shown for the first time at Earls Court last year, is to be discontinued. An early announcement of a new model is expected.
"Make State Bus Plan Irresistible"
To the Northern Regional Council of the Labour Party, the scheme for State ownership of road passenger transport in the north would seem to be an accomplished fact, despite the strength of local opposition.
At its annual conference at Newcastle recently it issued this appeal to Labour and trade union members: " Use every technique to make sure that national ownership of road passenger transport services in the north is such a success that it would he impossible for any Government to resist its expansion throughout the country."
A resolution to this effect, passed at the conference, also "urged the executive to give the greatest measure of democratic control, and so imbue the workers with the outlook necessary to achieve efficiency and success."
A bus driver told the delegates that the workers in the industry were eagerly looking forward to the experiment in the north-east. "if we can make it a success," he said, " it will be of great propaganda value."
"INTERCOM." SYSTEM FOR COACHES
AMONG the features claimed for a new item of intercommunication equipment recently introduced by Romac Industries, Ltd., The Hyde, Hendon, London, N.W.9, are that no suppressors are needed, the driver's hands are free, his road visibility is unimpaired, and the demands on the battery are moderate.
With normal input to the microphone, and with the volume control retarded by about 30 per cent., a maximum volume of one watt undistorted speech is claimed. Full technical details, together with prices, can be obtained from the radio division of the company ARC WELDER WITH DUAL CONTINUOUS CONTROL
ny means of what is termed dual
continuous control as applied to Lincoln Shield-Arc Junior welders, independent adjustment of both voltage and current is obtained, to give separate control of arc heat and arc penetration. Just what this means in welding technique is fully explained in a folder that has recently been issued by the Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Herts.