• • -Electricity to be Cheapest Power ?
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r LE CTR !CITY might become cheaper to use than imported fuels, 'Aid. . Baron Power, Mayor of Walsall and chairman of. the.transport committee, told the council.: ' In proceeding with the .eleetritication of as Many .routes as possible, the transport'dipartment would. probably prove -to haVe 'shown forethought that will be the envy Of . other -local .authOritieS, he added.
' In the year ended . March 31 last, . .
-trolleybus costs were slightly reduced; and they would-become lower as electri.fication. proceeded. "In this way,. and ,by. other economies; such as the cut'tiog-out of some.of_the unremunerative ,routes, we hope ta be able to stabilize fares and to retain the lid. Minimum, , instead of raising it to 2c1., as so. many authorities have done,". he _said. . . Wages paid to .staff were still higher than those agreed Aid. ;Powbr asked the housing committee if .transport staff could be allotted extra points because of their awkward working hours.
ESSO SULPHUR PLANT A PLANT to recover sulphur from crude petroleum has been put into operatiOn.:af .--the-yawley.;.refinery of the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd. Installed at the suggestion of the Government, the plant can produce 40 tons of sulphur
• a day for the textile industry, and reduce dollar imports of sulphur by 4 per cent.
• T.U.C. AND FUELTAX.
ACALL' by .-_ the :Transport and General Workers' Union to reduce . the fuel tai will be discussed at the Trades'Union Congress which will open in the Isle of Man, on September 7.
Mineworkers will press for the condemnation of the denationalization of road haulage.