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Northern -General' to Raise Fares?
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rURTHER applications to raise fares will have to be made by the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., to cover steep increases in costs, Mr. W. 1'. James, chairman, states in his annual report.
In the year under review, wage awards added £250.000 per annum to the company's expenses, and the Is. 9d, increase in fuel tax in the Budgets of 1950, 1951 and 1952 involved outgoings of about £330,000 a year.
Reviewing the company's progress during the past 12 months, Mr. James said that the conversion of the Gateshead tram system was carried out without a hitch. J. Nicholson and Sons (New Washington), Ltd., and J. W. Hurst and Son, Ltd., were bought out and the services improved.
Some 16,000 more people were carried by private-hire coaches than in the previous year, including -some Scandinavian tourists for whom special arrangements were made. Altogether, 252m. passengers . were carried and Northern General 'vehicles ran about 37.5m. miles.
Seventy-two new vehicles, including 11 Iflxury coaches, were acquired in the year, bringing the fleet strength up to 920.
ADDITIVES IN OIL FUEL
AN attractive brochure which describes the benefits to be obtained by using Carburol uppercylinder lubricant in oil fuel has been published by United Lubricants, Ltd., Comleys Wharf, Townmead Road, London, S.W.6.
The booklet deals with the design of various types of compression-ignition unit and the economics of oil-engine operation. It also reveals that the company is investigating the possibilities of using marine oil fuel, diluted with Carburol, in four-stroke engines.