Mersey Tunnel Short List
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THE Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee has drawn up a new short list of candidates for the post of manager to the Mersey Tunnel which carries a salary of L2,470-£2,935. Further interviews will take place probably early next month.
Four candidates are on the short list, and of these three have been short-listed before and have already been interviewed. The four selected for interview are Mr. Clifford Nurse, traffic superintendent with the Coventry Corporation Transport Department; Mr. Harold Cooper, divisional superintendent of Manchester Corporation Transport Department; Mr. F. Hitchin, transport Officer with the Midlands Electricity Board; and another candidate from the South of England who has expressed a wish that his name should not be disclosed at the moment.
The post attracted 135 applicants when it was first advertised. The present manager, Mr. A. S. Brown, is due to retire in August.
Doable Ess Transport Fined £125
DOUBLE ESS TRANSPORT, LTD., of Pudsey, were last week fined a total of £125 and costs when they pleaded guilty to 23 summonses alleging breaches of licence conditions. They pleaded not guilty to a further two similar charges.
Mr. E. Wurzal, prosecuting, said that some of the offences related to vehicles operating under contract A licences. He alleged: " It appears abundantly cleat that all these offences were deliberately carried out for gain."
Mr. J. Mellor, for the company, said that there •was substantial mitigation in some of the cases. In one, a mistake was made in administrative instructions, and 14 others were committed on what was alleged was advice given by a clerk at the Yorkshire Licensing Authority's office.
LONDON TRANSPORT FARES INCREASES
INCREASES in their bus and Under
ground fares, effective from July 30, are announced by London Transport. Single fares of 8d. (3 miles) and above will be increased by 1 d. The present 8d. fare will, however, remain for journeys of 21 miles, which are not at present covered by a separate fare. No increase is being made in present 3d., 5d. and 6d. fares covering journeys of 1, 11 and 2 miles respectively.
An announcement will be made later in the year regarding season tickets. Powers for increase„s of approximately 5 per cent. from January 1, 1962, have already been granted.
The issue of early morning tickets will cease altogether as from January 1, 1962.