Second Thoughts On Manager's Salary
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THE salary of Mr. Frank Lythgoe, Middlesbrough's transport manager, is to be reviewed again by the salaries sub-committee of the general purposes committee. At last week's meeting of the town council it was stated that a letter had been received from Mr. Lythgoe, but the sub-committee had decided..to take no action. In his letter. Mr. Lythgoe had appealed against a decision to make his salary one grade higher from last April. At the council meeting, Aid. L. Taylor pointed mg that the gap between the transport manager's salary and other chief officers' pay had widened considerably since 1945. In that year, one chief officer was paid £50 more than the transport manager; but he was now paid £325 more. A deputy chief officer who at that time received £350 a year less than the transport manager was now getting £110 less. Aid. Taylor maintained that Middlesbrough Transport Department was the envy of the transport world and operated the cheapest fares in the country. Mr. Lythgoe had saved thousands of pounds by advising them to start their own insurance scheme for buses. It was agreed to refer the matter back to the salaries sub-committee for further consideration.
NEW REGULATIONS FOR LONDON TUNNELS
REVISED rules for the use of Rotherhithe and Blackwall tunnels have been submitted for approval to the Home Office by London County Council. It is expected that at least two months will elapse before they can be enforced. Major changes to be introduced include the extension of articulated vehicle lengths from 33 ft. to 35 ft., and the permitted length of most other vehicles from 27 ft. 6 in. to 30 ft. Trailers, with drawbar, will be accepted up to 30 ft., and complete units of towing vehicle, trailer and drawbar may extend to 60 ft.
MORE LEYLAND EXPORTS
I NCREASED exports of passenger and heavy-duty goods vehicles are reported by Leyland Motors, Ltd. In the first nine months of this year exports of passenger chassis were 33 per cent, higher than in the same period of 1957.