£2m. for Western Welsh: New Record
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OR the first time in their history, I Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., reached a total revenue of £2m. last year, said the chairman, Mr. J. S. Wills, at the anual meeting, last week. There had been an increase of some £100,000 during the year.
Pointing out that the cost of oil fuel, even without tax, was no less than 400 per cent. of the cost in 1939, Mr. Wills said it was absurd that the tax was nearly 10 times as much as the basic cost of fuel then.
Among the measures being tried in order to reduce costs Was the operation of high-capacity vehicles, the purchase of lightweight buses, and the use of low-viscosity lubricating oils to improve fuel consumption.
The expansion of services, particularly in the Port Talbot area, had continued, and mileage had increased by 400,000 to over 23m. Stage and express carriage services covered 3,288 miles ef route, and the number of passengers carried increased by almost to 94im.
TWO NEW PHRASE BOOKS TWO useful multi-language publica
tions for road users have been issued by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. and the Renown Book Co. Both contain such valuable information as conversion tables and phrases concerning vehicles.
The Anglo-Iranian booklet, in nine languages, is available free of charge from the Touring Service, Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., Shell-Mex House, Strand, London, W.C.2, and the five-. language Renown booklet, costing 3s. 6d., from 81 Peters Court, Bayswater, London, W.2.
TOURS LOSE POPULARITY
TOURS to Glencoe and the Scott 1 country are no longer popular and are being replaced by coach services to Montrose and the Solway Firth. An official of W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., of Falkirk, recently told the Scottish Licensing Authority that, although there was still a certain demand for Lours to Glencoe, the "Scott country" tour was often cancelled for lack of bookings.