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C-licence Traffic Sought by Rail
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rOMMERCIAL prices will be charged by the railways in competition with other providers of transport, or to induce, traders to tise the railways instead of their own vehicles. This is stated in "Goods by Railway," a booklet issued by the British Transport Commission to explain . the Railway Merchandise Charges Scheme which conies into effect on July 1. "The Commission will use their freedom from the restrictive effects of former legislation , to develop the carriage by railway Of traffic which is not now railborne but which is particularly suitable for the railway," says the booklet.
"Through service and price,. they intend to persuade consignors to offer, such traffic: in. loads which make for economical working," it is __stated., Flexibility would be the keynote of rim] re charging.
PARKING-METER 'CASE FAILS .
AFTER considering legal objections • to the validity of the proposed form of order by which WestminsterCity -.Council applied' to the Minister Of, Transport to 'sanction the places: in north-west Mayfair where • parking meters could, tie used, the MiniSter has concluded that the application could not
be entertained. • The Council are understood now to be Considering making a fresh application in. revised form.
B.M.C. OUTPUT RISES
THEMay output of commercial vehicles by the British Motor Corporation showed an increase of 14.25 per cent., compared with the hgure for the corresponding month of 1956. During the first five months of this year, the B.M.C. exported 51,65 per cent. of all le vehicles produced, and in the first quarter deliveries to the U.S.A. almost trebled compared with the first quarter of last year.
Many B.M.C. factories are now working a night shift.