TAPE COMMENTARIES FOR TOURS
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AN interesting experiment in coaching communications has been introduced by Edinburgh Corporation Transport Department, using a specially designed Allscott Announcer, produced by James Scott and Co. (Electrical Engineers), Ltd., of Edinburgh. This is a fully transistorized announcer, using a German language script, covering the places of interest in Edinburgh, visited by the special holiday coaching tours. The equipneent is linked to the existing loudspeaker facilities in the coach.
The unit is controlled by a pushbutton on the driver's dashboard. enabling him to start and stop the commentary at appropriate points.
WOLVERHAMPTON LOSS
IN the financial year ended March 31
last, Wolverhampton . Corporation Transport suffered a net loss of £20,185 compared with a £4,722 net surplus in the previous year. The gross surplus for 1961-62 was £57,388 (£72.401 in 1960-61).