Busmen's Wage Claim Deferred'
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THE wage claim on behalf of 58,000 municipal bus workers, which was to have been presented in London last week, will not now be submitted until January 14, Representatives of the Transport and General Workers' Union, the National Union of Municipal and General Workers and the local authorities, spent a whole day negotiating.
When the item concerned with wages was reached, it was discovered that the employers' representatives could net raise a quorum, and the Matter could therefore not be discussed.
The second of the three claims by busmen will now be that of the 100,000 staff employed by private . provincial companies. This will be presented on December 22.
TAUNTON COMPANY ACQUIRED 1"I-IE controlling interest of the I Taunton Motor Co., Ltd., has been acquired by Steels Garages, Ltd., who operate a chain of garages in the West Country. Mr. P. M. Mossman, who has been associated with the company since 1926, has retired from the board.
The board of the Taunton company will be joined by Mr. C. E. IT. Saunders, Mr. P. G. Collop and Mr. J. Stanilancl, who also becomes general manager.
SWEDEN SPENDS £69m. ON ROADS 1V1ORE than £69m. was spent on road iv.1 improvements in Sweden last year. In that country, 80 per cent, of all goods tonnage carried goes by road, whilst road haulage ton-mileage is a third of the total. Ninety-three per cent. of the national highways are now open to vehicles with axle toads of 8 tons, compared with only 13 per cent, four years ago.