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INCREASE OF C LICENCES SLOWING

27th November 1953
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IN. the year ended October 31, 1951, L C licences increased by 8 per cent., aid Mr. Molson, Parliamentary Secreary to the Ministry of Transport, in he House of Commons last week. In 952, the rate of increase fell to 5 per .ent, and in the first 10 months of this rear it was only 3 per cent., representng an annual rate of less than 4 per ient.

Mr. Molson was answering Mr. E.rnest Davies, who suggested that the :umber of C licences continued to ncrease despite the Government's ransport policy. Capt. Lane was the founder and chairman of Percy Lane, Ltd., Birmingham, makers of windows.

Mr. Pendred, who was 82, was editorin-chief of The Engineer from 1905-46, and a past-president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

TIGHTER SECURITY WANTED

BETTV,R security measures within the rail and road organizations of the British Transport Commission would reduce the present rate of loss of goods in transit. This statement was made in a report to the transport committee of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce presented to the council on Monday. It was added that transport authorities should ensure that all offenders known to them were prosecuted.•

3s. A TON SAVING

IF vehicles could travel from Dartford I to Purfleet by way of a tunnel, instead of following the present route via the Tilbury Ferry, there would be a saving of at least 3s. a ton. Mr. E K. Wenlock made this assertion when he addressed the Mid-Kent Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association last week.

SHEFFIELD TO PROTEST? VOLLOWING an approach on the I matter by the Municipal Passenger Transport Association, Sheffield Transport Committee have recommended the city council to support a request to the Government for a reduction in the fuel tax. The undertaking spend £200,000 a year in fuel duty.

SWEDEN TO DRIVE ON RIGHT?

SWEDEN is to consider changing its rule of driving on the left of the road. A Parliamentary committee which has just completed a tour of Europe's roads has recommended the change because of the increase in traffic between Sweden and other countries.


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