Leeds Wants Extra £400,000 a Year
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AREVISED application estimated to produce between £350,000 and £400,000 a year has been recommended by Leeds Transport Committee in place of the recently withdrawn application for new tram and bus fares designed to yield an extra £250,000. The original case was withdrawn because of the new wage claim. The new proposals, which will come before the December meeting of the city council, Slso aim to produce a surplus towards the reduction of the transport department's accumulated deficit. This stood at £434,525 at March 31 last, and by March next year is estimated to be £507,525. Aid. J. Rafferty, chairman of the committee, stated last week that the 2d. minimum fare would not be affected by the new proposals. It is thought that they provide chiefly for the shortening of stages, but the curtailment of workmen's fares may be sought.
MORE SPECIAL A LICENCES .
SPECIAL A licences for 14 vehieles. and three trailers have been granted by the Western and Northern Licensing Authorities, it was announced on Tuesday. Details are as follows:
Western Areas W. L. Valiance, Ltd„ Stoneycombe Quarries. Newton Abbot. Devon, one veh:cle (5 tons 16 cwt.): Mr. B. H. Cecil, Deans Close, Blakeney, one (8 tons 2 cwt.) assigned by J. Smith (Bicknor), Ltd.. Carterspiece Farm, near Coleford, Glos.
Northern Area: Messrs. F. and F. Moffatt, Donaldson's Lodge, Cornhill-on-Tweed, one vehicle and a cattle container (716 tons): Mr. J. S. Hodgson (Northern [Allied' Transport and Trading Co.), Melkinthorpe, three vehicles and a trailer (19 tons 6 cwt.); S. Morton and Sons, Ltd.; Bendor Garage, Wooler, three articulated outfits III tons 17 cwt.); Mr. A. R. Scott, Mart House, Hexhans, one (2 tons 19 cwt.) and Mr. W. Dawson, Royal Star Inn, Startforth. one (2 tons cwt.), both assigned by Mr. T. A. Metcalfe, 80 Cannel Road South, Darlington; Messrs. G. S. and C. A. Adamson (Adamson and sons). 'It Union Street, Carluke. Lanarkshire. one (5 tons 9 cwt.) and Mr. E. Eye, Beverley Cart Road, Whitehaven, Penrith. a vehicle and a trailer (8 tons 16 cwt.), assigned by Mr. J. S. Hodgson (Northern [Allied] Transport and Trading Co.); Messrs. A. Percival and J. G. Webb (Percival and Webb), Melton House, Front Street,Stanhope. one (3 tons 4 cwt.) assigned by Layneta Transport Services, Ltd., Britannia Street, ThornabY-on-Tees,
70 TITANS FOR
SSEVENTY Leyland Titan chassis been ordered by Coras Iompair Eireann. They will be shipped knocked down, assembled in the C.I.E. workshops and fitted with large-capacity bodies. The vehicles are mainly intended for expanding city services in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, and will join a fleet of more than 1,000 passenger vehicles, most of which are Leylands. Some 270 post-war Titans arc already in service.
WORLDMASTERS FOR HOME USE
'THREE Leyland Royal Tiger World' master coaches—the first likely to be in service in this country—have been ordered by Gliderways Coaches, Ltd. They will have Harrington 37-seat observation bodies and be used on the company's Birmingham-Southsea service and long-distance day tours.