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Resistance to One-man Buses in London

24th February 1961
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FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT was to be put into a common bonus pool f or all busmen.

This suggestion failed, but early in December, following the pay settlement for busmen, negotiations on one-man buses were resumed.

The latest offer is believed to be a 15 per cent. wage increase—about an extra £1 15s. a week—for driver-conductors. Union officials are holding out for 55 per cent. of the saving.

Last week, the men who would first be affected took a hand. At a joint meeting of busmen from Kingston and Norbiton garages they threatened strike action if the services were introduced. They were apparently under the impression that the services would be introduced next month.

But a London Transport spokesman said: "We are still discussing the question of one-man buses with the Transport and General Workers' Union. The date when we shall introduce them depends on the course of the negotiations and has not yet been fixed."

1960 VEHICLE CENSUS THERE were nearly 9,384,000 motor I vehicles in use on the roads of Great Britain during the third quarter of 1960, an increase of approximately 800,000, or 9 per cent, over the corresponding period in 1959. More than 5,500,000 were private cars, nearly 1,400,000 goods vehicles and 1,860,000 motorcycles. This is shown by the annual census of motor vehicles.

Of the goods vehicles in use the greatest increase was in the lighter class weighing up to 1+ tons, where an . increase was shown of 47,062 vehicles over the previous year. A gain of 35,595 was also registered in the heavier class with an unladen weight of over 3 tons. Although the petrol-engined units dropped by 1,762 to 53,026, this was made up by an increase of 37,378 for the oil-engined units.

However, a general decrease was recorded in the medium-weight class for vehicles over 1+ tons, but not exceeding 3 tons. A total of 368,466 units were in use during the third quarter of 1960, compared with 379,653 for the corresponding period in 1959.

TUNISIAN ASSEMBLY PLANT

.1-1 A COMPANY which will build and operate a plant in Tunisia for the assembly of goods vehicles and buses has been set up in Tunis with the name of Societe Tunisienne Industrielle Automobile (STIA). Cost of the assembly plant will be met 60 per cent. by the Tunisian Government and 40 per cent, by the French lorry and bus manufacturer Saviem.


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