'Transport No Job for Amateurs
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AMATEURS were unlikely to find the right solution of the problems of transport unless they consulted the people who had spent their lives and money in it, said Mr. A. B. B. Valentine, president of the Institute of Transport, at the annual luncheon of the southwestern section, last week.
There were two essential conditions to be satisfied if transport were to give a good service to the public, he said. The first was to avoid political control over charges and the second was to run facilities on commercial lines. Recounting his experiences in Australia, from which he recently returned, Mr. Valentine said that many transport undertakings in that country were not paying their way because they had not been allowed to raise their charges to meet increasing costs.
A good feature of the Transport Act was that charges had been legislated out of politics, but the present Government had interfered with the adoption of fares increases approved by the Transport Tribunal. • ROYAL TIGER FOR FUNERALS
f N the north-east of England, a grow1 ing custom is to hire coaches to carry mourners to funerals. The first all-black Leyland Royal Tiger luxury 41-seat coach was completed last week and handed over to Messrs. F. Lackey and Sons, Bishop Auckland.
This firm runs a number of Leyland double-deckers on a stage-carriage service between Avenwood and Bishop Auckland.
BEITER TRAVEL FACILITIES
A SERIES of meetings for discussing rAmeans for improving international travel facilities is to be held in London from May 19-22. The meetings have been convened at the invitation of the Automobile Association and the Royal Automobile Club.
Matters for discussion include customs arrangements, international insurance for vehicles and the extension of emergency breakdown services.
REPRESENTATIVES REQUIRED
THE company sponsoring the new alloy Dorium, which should find a large field in the road transport industry, requires first-class technical representatives with experience of the application of non-ferrous copper-base alloys. Salary and commission will be on a generous scale. Letters should be addressed: " Dorium," care of The Ectior.