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THE general public would not accept
"control of a kind that is based centrally in London or in a number of large provincial centres, and exchange it for the very real ownership which they at present exercise in very excellent fashion through their own council chambers."
This was stated by Mr. R. C. Moore, general manager of Sheffield Transport Department, when he addressed the Sheffield section of the Institute of Transport.
. In any future scheme for the control of the bus industry it was only right, he said, that the claims of municipal operators should be recognized. The industry had not yet achieved stability, neither was it likely to do so if it were to be at the mercy of politicians.
NEW SPURLING COMPANY
ASUBSIDIARY company, Spurling Motors (Harrow), Ltd., has been formed by Spurling Motor Bodies, Ltd., to operate a new sales and service depot to be built in Uxbridge Road on the boundaries of Harrow, Pinner and Hatch End. ,.'showroom and service station are also to be set up in Shoreditch, London.
The chairman's annual review states that the denationalization of road haulage has caused a decline in the demand for new commercial-vehicle bodywork. In addition, "owing to lower initial cost, a certain type of light commercial transport has brought about a lessening in the demand for one of our standardized productions carried out at Park Royal."
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the death of MR. VY JAMES B. PENMAN.
Mr. Penman was chairman of A. C. Penman, Ltd., Dumfries. He was 61. 97 ACRES PER FARM LORRY
THE Department of Economics (Agricultural Economics), Bristol University, has issued its third report covering the market gardening area of the Vale of Evesham, and gives statistics relating to the use of vehicles. The year under review is 1951-1952.
On 35 vegetable holdings there were 27 lorries and vans, on 30 fruit holdings eight, and on six farms, four. On average, there was one commercial type of vehicle to every two holdings of 1-5 acres and 5-10 acres, but on the holdings of 100 acres and over, there were three lorries each.
Average acreage per lorry was 97.01. Big holdings increased their own fleets and marketing systems, says the report.