No Turbans, Says Manchester
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LAST week, Manchester Transport Committee passed, with one dissentient, a resolution expressing support for the employment of men of any religious beliefs whatsoever as vehicle staff, provided that they comply
with the conditions of service. This means that Sikhs, of whom there are 600 in the city, will not be able to wear turbans when employed as drivers or conductors. Their leaders have been campaigning for this right for more than a year. The transport conditions of service lay down that a peak cap is official headgear.
YORKSHIRE POOL FARES INCREASED
COMPANIES forming • the Yorkshire Pool were granted permission by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners in Leeds last week to increase express fares. The Yorkshire Pool is made up of the West Yorkshire Car Co., Ltd., Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd„ and East Midland Motor Services, Ltd.
ENGINEERING TRIO
THERE Were three broad reasons why it was good for a young man to become an engineer, Sir Patrick Linstead, rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, said at the annual dinner of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London last week,
Sir Patrick's three reasons were: a wonderful means of education; that a good. engineer was a first-class national asset, and that there was a great demand for technical help and technical leadership in the under-developed countries.
RAIL WORK STUDY DRIVE
THE British Railways Productivity Council last week unanimously agreed to intensify the efforts which have been made, both by management and employees in the railways during recent years, to apply work study techniques to "substantially improve the productivity 'of British Railways."
SCOT GETS R.S.A. PRIZE
THE Royal Society of Arts has awarded its Howard Prize of £50 for 1960 to Dr. Kenneth D. Cochran, of Greennek, for his entry entitled "The Status of the Petrol Engine in Light Road Transport, With a Note on a Method of improving its Thermal Efficiency."
CANADIANS ORDER BRITISH
AN order for 106 A.E.C. AV690 diesel engines of 11.3-litres capacity has been received from the Canadian Car Co., Ltd.. of Montreal. The engines will be installed in Cancar singleand doubledeckers and will be rear-mounted at a 45° angle.