Meadows Oil Engine £56 Cheaper New Appeal on Duplication

26th September 1952, Page 69

26th September 1952

Page 69

Page 69, 26th September 1952 — Meadows Oil Engine £56 Cheaper New Appeal on Duplication

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ANappeal against the decision of the Scottish Licensing Authority to restrict the number of duplicate coaches on the Edinburgh-Scarborough and Glasgow-Scarborough routes of Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., was heard by Mr. J. W. Nelson, Ministry of Transport inspector, in Edinburgh, last week. The company had asked to run 20 duplicates in each direction, but was granted only one for each night from June to September.

Mr. A. Thomson, for the appellant, said that if the additional night duplication were granted, many day travellers would change to the night buses and save a day's journey time and hotel expenses. Mr. D. Jeffrey Aitken, for the respondent, Northern Roadways, Ltd., alleged that the nationalized concern asked for a large number of duplicates so that it could eliminate competition from his client.

He contended that a witness of the appellant had stated in evidence before the Authority that the concern would ask for no specific number of duplicates, but would leave the matter to the Authority's discretion. Having given the Authority the discretion, Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., was now objecting to the way he had used it, said Mr. Aitken.

ROAD TRANSPORT FOR HIGHLANDS

THE'Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority last week extended the operational area of the Sutherland Transport and Trading Co., Ltd., to cover the territory north of a line from Aberystwyth to Harwich. He also agreed to the replacement of a 31-ton vehicle by one of 71 tons.

Objections were lodged by the Railway and Road Haulage Executives. Col. R. Neilson, a director of Sutherland Transport, also a member of the Highland Advisory Panel and agent for the Duke of Westminster's Reay Forest Estates, told the Authority of the developments in the Highlands in the past four years. There was now a large movement of sheep to Cheshire which might increase tenfold next year.

"If we are producing in Sutherland a product required in the Midlands, and vice versa," he said, "the only hope for the Highlands is in reciprocal trade, and adequate facilities for transport are necessary to carry it out." by better use of factory space and that overheads had been greatly reduced During the past financial year, production had risen 25-40 per cent, and a saving of £17-£18 per engine effected.

AN OPERATOR'S BEDFORD

I N conjunction with Keith and Boyle, Ltd., Gurney Nutting, Ltd., Lombard Road, London, S.W.19, has evolved a new body for the Bedford SB chassis which is to be marketed by Keith and Boyle under the name of " Skyview." Seating 36-38 passengers, the new body incorporates several novel features.

The side windows are fixed so that the interior lining panels can be recessed to provide more space for passengers. Ventilation is by swivelling panels above the main windows, the panels having offset hinges to provide both intake and extractor effects. Safety-glass panels in the roof may be covered by blinds and there is Perspex glazing in the front dome.

In addition to the 75-cubic-ft. luggage locker at the rear, luggage space is provided in the body sides. The coach is 29 ft. 4 ins, long and 7 ft. 10 ins. wide and will be seen in the demonstration park at Earls Court.