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nECTSION was reserved by the 1.-/ Scottish Licensing Authority, last week, after he had heard the application by Northern Roadways, Ltd., to run coaches direct to Southampton and Bournemouth from Glasgow. There were 13 objectors, including the Western S.M.T. Co„ Ltd., W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., and the Railway Executive. . '
Mr. F. A. Stockdale, for the applicant, refuted contentions that present services were adequate, and said that travel to the south cpast other than through London involved two or three changes.
Evidence about the relative emptiness of Glasgow-London express trains during the 1951 peak holiday period was given by a Railway Executive official. He said that 30.7 per cent. of the third-class seats were unoccupied during last July.
NEXT I.U.P.T. CONGRESS AT MADRID
THE" next congress of the Interna
tional Union of PublicS Transport, the 30th to be held, will take place in Madrid at the end of April, 1953. One of the papers to be presented will be by Mr. A. A. M. Durrant, chief mechanical engineer (road services) London Transport Executive. His-subject will be trends in bus construction, with special reference to suspension by means other than traditional springs and conventional or chassisless construction.
Other papers include one on the organization of repair shops and depots by M. Lagarrigue, director of the road services of Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, one on one-man operation, and a third on the penetration of suburban services into urban transport systems.
112 10s. SAVED ON A REPAINT
ASUM of about £12 10s. per van is being saved by Tyresoles, Ltd., Wembley, Middx, by having given up hand signwriting and adopting transfers. The company and its associates operate over 300 vehicles. Another economy is reducing time spent off the road when vehicles are undergoing their, periodic repaint.
The silk-screen-printed transfers made by 011ey and Rowley. Ltd., 617, High Road, London, E.10, which Tyresoles, Ltd., use, cost £2 10s. a set. Hand painting costs about £15.
GUILD CHANGES NAME: NEW CONSTITUTION
THE name of the British Railway Officers' Guild has been changed to the British Transport Officers' Guild. The body has a new constitution providing for a railways and ,general and a roads division. Members of the staffs of the Road Haulage Executive, the Road Passenger Executive, the Tilling group and the Scottish Omnibuses group will belong to the second division.