2d. Minimum for London
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AMINIMUM fare of 2d. in Lonti,)n has been approved by the Transport Tribunal. It will cover a stave of a mile. A two-mile journey will cost 3d., three miles 5d., four miles 6d., live miles 8d., six miles 9d., seven miles 1 I de eight miles Is., nine miles Is. 2d., and 10 miles is. 3d. The fare for 50 miles will be raised from 5s 3d. to (s. 3d.
The British Transport Commission's application to raise the 3d. fare for two miles to 3111. has been refused.
The minimum fare by Green Line coach will be 9d., instead of 8d., for six miles. An 80-mile journey will cost I Os.
No date for the operation of the nex charges has yet been fixed.
7m. TONS IN SIX YEARS I N the past six years, Nottingham and District Hauliers, Ltd., an East Midland group, has moved over 7rn, tons of coal. Mr. C. G. Simmonds, deputy marketing director of the East Midlands division of the National Coal Board (open-cast coal production) paid tribute to the group's activities at its annual dinner in Nottingham, last week.
The fleet has increased from 90 vehicles to over 400. The company's co-operation with the Board had done much to solve transport problems, said Mr. Simmonds, who gave special praise to the drivers.
DUNDEE-GUERNSEY TOUR?
AN application to run a tour from Dundee to the Channel Islands was submitted, last week. by R. Dickson, Jnr., Ltd., to the Scottish Licensing Authority. Mr. G. Scott, manager of the company, said that the proposed tour would cost about £30; passengers would be flown over to Guernsey.
The applicant also asked for an extension of its tours licence to cover the whole year and for an increase from one to three in the number of coaches allowed to be run on evening tours. Objections were lodged by W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., A. W. Watson and Co. and the Railway Executive. The hearing was adjourned.
F1.R.T.E. FIXTURES ORTHCOMING meetings of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers include the following:— February 4, Scottish Centre, lecture on rear axles by R. H. Wilson, institution of Engineer, and Shipbuilders, Glasgow, 7.30 p.m.
February 5, Eastern group, lecture on eran},case lubricants by A. Towle, Marshall's Airport, Cambridge, 7 p.m.
February 8 South Wales group, open discussion, South Wales Institute of Engineers, Palk Place, Cardiff, 7 P.m.
February 9, Scottish Centre, annual dinner. dance, Calaaro Restaurant, Glasgow, 6,45 p.m. February 12, Western group, lecture on tyres by W. It. Good, Grand Hotel, Bristol, 7.30 12.m
February 13, East Midlands Centre, lecture on motor racing and engine design by R. Gerard a.7 .n3d0 Rp ..m Parnell. Mechanics Institute, Nottingham.
February 19, Midlands Centre, lecture on body construction by J. McIndoe, Crown Inn, Broad Street, Birmingham, 7.30 p.m.
February 20, North-west Centre, lecture Cu Pistons, rings and liners by G. W. Yarwood, Victoria Hotel, Wigan. 7.30 p.m.
February 21. North-can Centre. lecture on specialized vehicles for goods tramtion by L. D. watts, Hotel Metropolc, Leeds, 7.30 pm. London Centre, lecture on chassis construction and repair by C. F. Cunningham, Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, London, W.C.2, 6.30 p.m. February 26, Nonh-east Centre, lecture on paint by G. S. Metcalfe. Dunelm Rote], Durham City. 7 pin.