1,365 More for Small Buyers: Fair Share of Heavies
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LIST 11, designed entirely for small buyers, was issued on Wednesday
. by the British Transport Commission. It comprises 1,365 vehicles in 828 transport units. Nearly half the vehicles are being offered in the south of England. Tenders are returnable by June 29.
Most of the vehicles are being put up for sale for the first time, There is a fair proportion of heavies, including eight-wheelers, particularly at Swansea.
The largest unit consists of 13 vehicles, three operational trailers and four spare trailers based at 158-168 Blackfriars Rd., London, S.E.1—a meat transport unit. It was previously offered in list R.5.
The allocation of units and vehicles by divisions is as follows:— BODYMAKERS' PAY UP
Ttake effect in the first pay week after May 19, increases in wages have been awarded by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal to vehicle builders, wood-cutting machinists and electricians. Skilled men will receive another 3d. an hour, semi-skilled men 21d., and unskilled mate labour and women, 2d. an hour.
P.T.A. CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR
NEXT year's conference of the Public Transport Association will be held at Scarborough from May 15-17—a fortnight later than usual.
Mr. James Offers to Relax Conditions
ik AIDLAND coach operators have Lifi been encouraged to ask permission to vary the conditions of their licences to bring back holidaymakers from the seaside at the end of a fortnight instead of a week.
Mr. W. P. James, chairman of the West Midland Licensing Authority, on Monday asked for applications to be made as soon as possible. Operators were having trouble because of the licence conditions restricting them to return journeys seven days later.
"In certain circumstances, an operator can't use his authorized vehicle allowance on a particular date. If the conditions regarding return journeys are varied to allow him to return seven or 14 days later, this will remedy the position," said Mr. James.
B.M.A. TO DISCUSS OILERS
APROPOSAL that the attention of transport authorities should be drawn to the possible dangers of fumes from oil engines is to be considered at the annual representative meeting of the British Medical Association in London next month. The Guildford branch points to the rise in cancer mortality coinciding with the increased use of oilers, and deplores the replacement of 1,800 London trolleybuses by motorbuses.