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Coronation Traffic : Coaches Banned
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AA UCH of the west end of I.ondon IV' will be barred to coaches not operating under road service licences during Coronation week, June 1-6. On Coronation day itself, June 2, a wider
• area of central London willte closed to all traffic, including coaches.
The only vehicles which may enter the area on June 2 will be coaches running to and from Victoria Coach Station and the airways terminals. Certain goods vehicles may be allowed to move about the area on that day, and permits, in the form of coloured labels, will be issued by Scotland Yard. The ban will start at midnight on June 1.
The Metropolitan Police have evolved a traffic control scheme drawing on experience gained at the Coronation of 1937. It is expected that a route will be announced for vehicles wishing to cross London, and another special route for vehicles taking passengers to seats at Westminster Abbey will be arranged.
Coach operators are strongly advised by the police not to take private parties into the west end in the week before Coronation week, because stopping and parking facilities may be difficult to find. Certain exemptions to the Coronation week ban may be authorized, including organized visits to the Houses of Parliament.
During the Coronation week, coaches will be banned from an area bounded by Oxford Street, Park Lane, Grosvenor Place, Victoria Street, Whitehall, Strand and Drury Lane.
OBJECTIONS TO WEIGHT RESTRICTION ORDER nalECTIONS to an order made by Argyll County Council restricting the weight of vehicles driven on certain roads in Cowal to 7f tons gross arc to be made to the Ministry of Transport by Bute County Council and Rothesay Town Council. The Ministry's confirmation is required before the Order becomes effective.
The roads are parts of Bute's only link with the mainland and are greatly used by traders and farmers. The limit does not allow many lorries to carry an economic load. The Marquis of Bute, chairman of the Bute Ferry Co., Ltd., has stated that his company would continue to carry vehicles weighing up to 10 tons gross on its boats.
ADJUSTABLE SEAT FOR THE TIGER CUB
ASEAT adjustable to suit a driver of any build has been designed for the Leyland Tiger Cub and is being made to Leyland specification by A. W. Chapman, Ltd. It weighs only 42 lb. and stands on a cast-aluminium pedestal, which incorporates a screw mechanism to afford a vertical adjustment of 31 ins. A fore-and-aft movement of 3f ins, is also provided and the squab may be fixed at 5, 12 or 19 degrees from the vertical.
Another accessory for the Tiger Cub is a separate air reservoir for poweroperated doors. This is for mounting below the front cross-member. M.P.s RESENT B.T.C.'s APPLICATION
MEETINGS of Conservative Members of Parliament who are interested in transport were called this week to consider the British Transport Commission's application for increased fares.
Resentment has been caused by the fact that the Transport Tribunal's Order which permitted application to be made for an extension, beyond February 2, of time for the submission of objections, has not been made public. Members also object to the new procedure adopted by the B.T.C., which enables an application for increased fares to be made less than 12 months after the earlier one.
REVENUE CAN COVER LEVY
" VEAR by year the Government 1 retains a huge balance over and above its expenditure on the maintenance and construction of roads, this balance being more than sufficient to finance the purposes for which the levy is intended." This point was made in a resolution presented by Mr. Ralph Cropper to Croydon Chamber of Commerce in protest against the levy. The resolution was carried unanimously.
NOTTINGHAM'S NEW DEPOT
TLord Mayor of Nottingham. Cilr. Leon Willson, will open Nottingham Transport Department's new garage at Bilborough on January 28. The building was completed a year ago, but was damaged through a mine subsidence and there have been negotiations concerning responsibility,
SMITH'S JACK SERVICE
THE servicing, and rebuilding of the 1 following items of Smith's equipment are being undertaken by the service department of Smith's Motor Accessories, Ltd., Cricklewood Works, London, N.W.2: Ezeyjacle, Speedyjack, Stevenson jack, Bevelift jack, Steadylift jack, D.W.S. mechanical jacks and handles and D.W.S. hydraulic rams and pumps.
NO CLEARING HOUSE WANTED
APLAN for the establishment of a road transport clearing house in the Tees-side area is not to be supported by the Tees-side Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association. Members contend that trade and industry can be better served by individual hauliers.