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Death Duties Kill Bus Companies

23rd November 1956
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

THE Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., are to take over on December 31, Green's Motors, Ltd., and Green's Transport (Haverfordwest), . Ltd. The two companies operate 45 buses in Pembrokeshire. Last year, the fleet mileage was lm., and 4m. passengers were carried. [The companies' activities were described in The Commercial Motor on December 30, 1955.] A statement issued by Green's said the step had been taken with extreme reluctance. It had become necessary in order to provide for the scale of death duties that were now levied on families having controlling interests in private companies.

DAY RETURNS ON EXPRESS SERVICE

THE North Western Traffic Commis sioners, at Manchester, last Friday, granted an application by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., to introduce dayreturns on their Rotherham Liverpool express service. J. Smith and Co. (Wigan), Ltd., objected.

A Sheffield—Liverpool express, service, later extended to -Rotherham, was granted in 1955 for the purpose of catering for passengers from Yorkshire for the Isle of Man. Smith's objection was based on the possibility of the attraction of Liverpool passengers to Sheffield tours.

After the production of the two seasons' figures, showing that no passengers were carried for such a purpose. the Commissioners decided that the possibilities of abstraction were remote.

4 OBITUARY VUE regret to announce the deaths of VI' MR. H. J. HomiEs, MR. J. M. D. SCOTT, TAR. ALAN WILII.R;, MR. W. A. GREATREX, MR. JOSEPH ELLIOTT and Ma...1.4mEs Mumot.4.

Mr. Holmes had been sales manager for tyres in the South of England for the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., since 1952. He was director of tyres at the Ministry of Supply during the latter part of the war. He was 51.

Mr. Scott, who was only 32, was traffic manager of the City of Oxford Motor Services, Ltd. He was a representative of• the Oxford Road Safety Committee on the national organizing committee of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition. • Mr. Young was tyre sales raginager of the Avon India Rubber Co., Ltd., for 25 years, retiring in 1954 after 45 years' service.

Mr. Greatrex was managing director of Greatrex Motor Coaches, Ltd., Stafford. He was 54.

Mr. Elliott, who was 50, was head of Elliott's Motor Supplies and Crook and Willington Carriers.

One of the first merribers of the auto mobile engineering department of Loughborough College of Technolorry. which he first joined in 1920, Mr. Manton was 59.


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