Last Chance to Buy Units
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f 1ST 14, which, according to present plans, gives hauliers their --'last chance to buy. transport units from "British Road Services, was published on Wednesday. It consists of 340 vehicles in 244 units, mostly offered before. Distribution by division is:—
Fourteen of the un Es (19 vehicles) in the South Eastern Division are at Tenterden, Kent. The Dowlais unit in the Western Division, which was unsold in list R.6, has been split into 10 units, each of one vehicle. Ten units (19 vehicles and eight trailers) are also offered at Littlemore, Oxford. There are 21 one-vehicle units at Newton Abbott, Devon. Tenders are returnable by February 22.
NEW BUS FUEL TAX CAMPAIGN rOACI-T and bus operators through
out Britain on Monday launched a national campaign for the abolition of the tax on oil fuel. Posters are being displayed on vehicles and leaflets distributed among passengers.
Behind the campaign are the Municipal Passenger Transport Association, Public Transport Association, Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association and the Scottish Road Passenger Transport Association.
The British Omnibus Companies Public Relations Committee said in a statement that the removal of the tax would cost 130m.
B.T.C. REVENUE DOWN
DESPITE an increase in rail freight charges on June 5 last year, the total revenue of the British Transport Commission fell from £645.77m. in 1954 to £642.73m. in 1955. The section of the Commission's undertaking which includes British Road Sarvices
are not identified separately] showed a decline in receipts from 177.96m. to £62.51m.
The Commission's provincial and Scottish bus undertakings showed an improvement in revenue from £50.73m. to £54.11m. London Transport's road services returned £52.98m. last year, compared with £50.72m. in 1954.
SUSPENSION INQUIRY DELAYED THE inquiry to have been held on Monday at Newcastle upon Tyne by the Northern Licensing Authority to decide whether to suspend or revoke the C licence held by H. D. Ward, Ltd., Wolsingham, Co. Durham, was postponed until Wednesday.