MORE PAY FOR 7,000 • BUS WORKERS
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I MPROVED wages and working con
ditions have been agreed between the employees and the managements of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., and the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd.
Between 3,000 and 4,000 employees of the Birmingham undertaking will receive a rise of Id. per hour in the basic rates of pay. Drivers with three years' service will earn a maximum basic rate of Is. 5d. an hour, and conductors Is. 31d. per hour. These rates
are at least equal to those prevailing in Grade 1 municipal transport undertakings.
The Bristol men will obtain increases varying from 2s. to 5s, weekly, apart from benefiting by improved working conditions. About 3,000 employees are affected.
YOUNG'S ACCEPT COMBINE AGREEMENT.
HE national wage agreement for I bus drivers and conductors, recently arranged between the operatives and the Scottish combine companies, was considered, Iasi week, at a conference in Paisley between Messrs. Young's Bus Services and the Transport and General Workers Union. Although the compact remains unsigned, it was officially stated that the national scale had been adopted this
week by the firm. The basic rates on the new graduated scale will be Is. 2d. per hour for drivers on appointment, rising to is. 4d.; conductors on appointment at 18 years of age will
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receive 8d. per hour, the top rate of Is. Old. being paid when .a man reaches 22 years of age.
USEFUL PROFIT FROM JOINT SYSTEM.
ADETAILED statement of the finances of Keighley-West Yorkshire Services, Ltd., in which Keighley Corporation and the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., hold equal shares, shows that in the year ended September 30 last, the profit, before providing for depreciation, was £35,653. Interest on loans amounted to £880, income tax to £6,639, and the amount transferred to depreciation reserve, £8,698. The balance of £19,435 has been equally divided between the corporation and the company.
NOT TO INHERIT TROUBLE
THAT a firm king over a bus service vice would not be involved in any action taken against the previous owner for infringing the conditions of his licence, was 'guaranteed by Mr. Henry Riches, chairman of the Northern Scotland Traffic Commissioners, when he granted an application by Messrs. Harris and Sons, Leven, to take over the Leven-Anstruther service formerly operated by Mr. John Hay, Lundin Links,
Mr. Riches said that Mr. Hay had been operating on unauthorized routes, but Messrs. Harris, who had undertaken to adhere to the conditions laid down, would not be involved in any action that might be taken in the Sheriff Court. Any departure by them from the conditions of the licence would probably mean its revocation. Ou the previous day, Mr. Hay had refused to divulge his trading profit for last year.