East Yorkshire Record Traffic
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I N his annual report, Mr. J. S. Wills,
M.Inst.T., chairman of East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., dealt largely with the increases in operating costs that the company had to bear. Wages. the largest single item in the total costs, had risen twice in the year under review, involving an additional expenditure of £45,000 a year.
In July, a general increase in fares had to be made, and whilst its necessity was regretted, he claimed credit for the company for having staved off its advent for so long. However, the second wage award made a second application to raise fares imperative.
Advances in fuel taxation raised annual costs by £47,000. In the year ended September 30, the company's buses ran 9.75m. miles (20,000 fewer than in the previous 12 months), but the number of passengers carried rose to a record at 33m. Revenue rose by 4 per cent., but expenditure increased by 111 per cent.
LITTLE DEMAND FOR TOURS
IN his report on the appeal of Messrs. 1 Scots Greys Luxury Coaches, Clackmannan, against the refusal of the Scottish Licensing Authority to licence a group of excursions and tours from the town, the Ministry of Transport inspector considered the original decision reasonable. This stated that there was little need for tours (other than to theatres) from Clackmannan.
The appellants' case was that they were established operators, although mainly on contract work. The tours operated from Alloa by W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., were unsuitable because passengers had to travel to Alloa on a stage-carriage service. For W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., it was stated that only 10 per cent, of the pas.sengers on these tours came from Clackmannan.
The appeal was dismissed with costs and no order was made regarding an associated appeal concerning fares between Clackmannan and Edinburgh. It was stated that the fare to Edinburgh was 6s., although the fare on the longer journey to Glasgow was only 5s.
SCHOOL TRANSPORT: "RANSOM"
THE cost of conveying children to and from school in Radnorshire was £26,000 a year, members of the county education committee were told recently. The average cost per 1,000 of population in the Welsh counties was £184, whereas in Radnorshire it was about £942. It was stated that some of the charges were " ridiculous " and that the education authority was being held to ransom.
LORRIES DOWN A MINE
PISTEAD of using an underground I railway, lorries are to be employed in operations down a mine in British Columbia. Vehicles will be driven down the mine, be loaded with ore and then driven back to the mine entrance for unloading.