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delivery arrangements have been made by British Railways in connection with the operation of a new goods train, the East Essex Enterprise. Having a. diesel locomotive, the train will run every day from the Essex area giving nextmorning deliveries in the Midlands and north.
Arrivals in Edinburgh and Glasgow are scheduled for noon on the day following dispatch. Making its first run on Monday, the train can haul 45 laden wagons, holding up to 500 tons of goods, at high speed. Door-to-door transport of 1-4-ton containers is offered.
A spokesman of B.R. Eastern Region has said that the train represents part of a plan to attract more goods traffic. The Region's goods tonnage during the first 21 weeks of this year was 1.9m. or 11.21 per cent. more than in the comparable period of 1959.
WRITE-OFF FIGURE EXPECTED SOON
'FHE Government of Northern Ireland are expected to reveal soon how much they will write off the capital debt of the Ulster Transport Authority. The debt runs into several millions of pounds.
The Authority, who two years ago were given five years in which to pay their way, are anxious that the Government should remove the debt.
A resolution criticizing the U.T.A. for " high rates and the frequency with which goods are delivered in a damaged condition" has been rejected by Portadown Borough Council. The resolution also called upon the Government to restore road haulage to private enterprise.
It had been forwarded by Antrim Rural District Council, but was criticized on t1.1 ground that it contained allegations for which there was no supporting • evidence. Existing machinery for dealing with complaints was considered adequate.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of MR. JOHN MILLER and MR. R. LOWE. Mr. Miller, who was 73, was chairman and managing director of Transmotors, Ltd., and. until nationalization, chairman of the Grand Union Canal. He was senior vice-president and a foundermember of the National Conference of Road Transport. Clearing Houses, of which he was also a past chairman.
Mr. Lowe, who was transport supervisor of Preston Co-operative Society. Ltd., was 65.