A s is well known, the Ministry of War Transport ori g ,inally
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arranged a manufacturing programme of 1,500 double-deck.buses. This was intended to cower the period nip 1942, _but it is questionable whether this number of vehicles will eventually be available, as, naturally, prOduction will depend upon many factors. However, efforts are being made to obtain„better use of present equipment rather than to force the manufacture of a large number of new machines, and the Ministry of War Transport is looking into the possibilities of altering the seating arrangements so that more standing passengers ran be carried, To enable this to be done, it is probable that the seats will be arranged longitudinally. According to. one well-known passenger-transport authority in the municipal field, this would raise the total capacity of a nominal 56-seater from 64 (with standing passengers) to 69, whilst that of a' 35-seater would correspondingly be raised from 43 to 46.
SCOTTISH ORGANIZATIONS REACH AGREEMENT
THE agreement between the Trans. port and General 'Workers' Union and the Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association was signed on August 14. The basic principle is that the Transport and General Workers' Union will be regarded as the organization for road_ passenger service employees, and the Horse and Motormen's Association will concentrate on employees engaged in goods transpOrt. There are several excepted areas, such as Dundee. Angus, the Island of Lewis, and the Borders, where the Transport and General Workers' Unionhas had' many goods employees in its membership for several years. Fraserburgh, Greenock, Gourock, Port Glasgow and Dumfries are open towns for both organizations. The agreement provides for goodwill relaxations affecting more than 80,000 employees of both passenger and goods transport services. There will be no
immediate transftr 0, both organizations wit other's cards.
The agreement was t John Veitch, Scottish Are the Transport and Gene Union, and Mr. Robert Ta_ secretary of 'the Scottish Motormen's Association