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cURRENT versions of the 12-seat
Austin Omnicoach and Morris Minibus are being fitted with new forwardopening side windows to provide increased ventilation in accordance with Ministry of Transport requirements. Fitted at the forward end of the passenger compartment, the new windows supplement the rearmost side windows which are already of the hinged type.
Revised retail prices of the latest 52 M16 Austin and Morris models, in primer, are £682 10s. for the .F5-litre petrol-engined model and £767 10s. for the 1.5-litre diesel-engined version. Both types are available fully painted ex. works at an extra cost of £34 17s. 6d, (single colour) or £43 I2s. 6d. (duo-tone paintwork). Where vehicles are supplied in primer, Certificate of Fitness lettering can be added for a net charge of £7 10s.
L.T.B. Pay Answer Soon LONDON TRANSPORT is expected A—.1 to give an official reply next week to its busmen's claim for long-service pay and an extra week's annual paid holiday, the claim having been lodged a fortnight ago. The Board has also promised to set out its views on one-man bus operation in a letter to the men's union, but is unlikely to do this until after next week's meeting.
Irish Problem
,THER investigations into the momics of its various services have nitiated by Coras lompair Eireann, that body's report for the year March 31, 1963, to assist the Irish nment in formulating transport and framing new legislation which to be enacted early next year.
1958 Act, states the report, calls the Board to provide reasonable, it and economical transport services. my instances it is not possible to le services which are at the same both reasonable and economic, it ues, but the Board has proceeded basis that the provision of services predominant consideration in the tion even though some services may ;mediably uneconomic. The Board 3o taken the view that these services I be provided by the most efficient onomical means at its disposal. For .ason the Board has substituted road
for a number of rail services, but se instances it decided to maintain lway because to provide equivalent !s by road would have been even uneconomic.
Board's works produced 58 singleuses during the year and 53 vehicles .dapted for one-man operation.
re was a net deficit for the year of ,000, this being £64,000 higher than 61-62. The £1,362,000 rail deficit 131,000 less than for the previous Revenue from road passenger sermounted to £7,761,000, an increase 3,000, but expenditure at £7,282.000 E402,000 higher. Road freight e increased by £377,000, but liture was up by £426,000, leaving urplus of £70,000. Road passenger s yielded 34 per cent of the total e and road freight 14 per cent_
t•itish Coach Rally
. 1964 British Coach Rally is to be dd at Brighton on April 18 and 19. rganizer is Mr. John H. Fielder. secretary is Mr. R. F. Bromley, offices are at 147 Victoria St., n, S.W.1 (phone, Victoria 9931).
NEWS IN BRIEF
t.r. Profit Down: A net surplus of was made by Leicester City Transmthe year ended March 31, 1963.
■ mpared with £40,874 for the previous cer about £21,000 had been transferred nerve fund. The total revenue was 173 compared with £1,142,622 for the s year. A falling-off of passengers by ;ent was largely attributed to the difliflier conditions.
arts: Although Blackburn transport aent showed a surplus of £54,803 over operating expenditure in the ded March 31 last, payment for debt tion, tax, loan interest and a sum of to the bus renewals fund resulted in eficiency of £675 on the year's work
)ver 22,000 fewer miles were run 1961-62 and the number of passenrried decreased by 1,688,445. The report records that £199.000 has been to the bus renewals fund since it was in 1957, earning £23,000 in interest : n have been bought out of the fund ; only 19 could have been acquired ndertaking had continued to purchase vith borrowed money.