Bus Industry Must be Attractive
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I F personnel are to be recruited to the bus industry and kept, wages and conditions must be as attractive as those of other industries. This matter should be given attention by those, responsible for running the industry.
These points are stressed in a report made by a special committee who inquired into " causes of recurring crises in Blackburn Transport Department and complaints of the employees." They called for a greater spirit of good will, less reference of questions by the management to the transport committee, and less inclination on the part of employees to annoyance.
111,000 BUS STATION PLANNED PPROVAL is to be sought by .1-1Cannock Urban District Council to build an £11,000 central bus station opposite the mining college. There will be 15 loading and four unloading platforms.
United Automobile Services, Ltd., have told Alnwick Urban District Council that efforts are being made to reduce the cost of a proposed town bus station. The original estimate was 114,000 and it is hoped to cut this figure by £.5,000.
UNDER-CHASSIS ILLUMINATION A NEW type of fluorescent-light
fitting to give under-chassis illumination, has been produced by Joseph Bradbury and Sons, Ltd., Braintree. The fluorescent tube is 2 ft. long, being so mounted as to provide for quick adjustment according to the track width of the lift.
It is universal in its application in that it will fit any orthodox type of lift. It can be tipped to any angle, the tube giving 250 per cent, more light than a filament bulb of similar wattage. Included in the mounting is a 5 amp. socket intended for an electric drill. This new accessory, known as the Liftlite, is available for 50 cis supplies at 200-210, 220-230 and 240-250v.
DRY DOCK GIVES WORK FOR HAULIERS IN the construction of a new dry dock I at Wallsend-on-Tyne, all excavations from the site would need to be taken away by road and at least 150,000 tons of concreting material would be required later.
This information was given before the Northern Licensing Authority last week, when Smiles and Co., Ltd., Walbottle, successfully applied to add 10 extra vehicles to their B licence to carry road and building materials within a 30-mile radius.
Mr. R. French, of Sir Robert McAlpine, Ltd., supported the applicants. The dry dock would take 21 years to complete and a large number of vehicles would be needed. Mr. T. Smiles, managing director of the applicants, stated that he was hiring extra vehicles and that even with 10 more of his own he would not be able to reduce the number.
" FOREIGN " COMPETITION POSER FOR TOURS OPERATORS
BECAUSE sonie foreign coach tours can be priced approximately the same as home tours of similar duration, a number of Scottish operators is faced with the problem of how to maintain their home-tours traffic because of the natural tendency for customers to prefer the foreign trips.
Coaching business in Scotland is busy so far this year and operators are making up for the recession of last year. Short tours to Paris and other destinations have proved highly popular and the demand for 21-day trips is satisfactory. The season shows signs of being longer than usual.