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COACHBUILDER at the Marine Works of Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. has sugted that several factors should be investied in an effort to improve the efficiency the workshop.
qr. J. Webster told the Edinburgh area [sultative committee that the findings of rk study consultants should be examined the hope that improvements can be made in tie of the procedures employed.
Fie suggested that bonus schemes should revised to provide greater incentives to rease production. And he pointed out that fly jobs are being held up through spares irtages—delivery time for some of which was Long as eight months.
Discussing clutch damage, Mr. R. H. wson, chief engineer, said that the number clutch liners now being used is three times t used two years ago. Avdrage clutch life Bristol vehicles is only 12,000 milesmt a tenth of that anticipated.
Vlain causes of the trouble, he suggested, : Drivers not starting off in first gear; use clutch to hold vehicles in position at traffic its, etc., instead of applying handbrake; and pping engine by engaging clutch with handke on rather than using engine stop control. qr. T. McHenry suggested that on Reliance ides the possibility of drivers not starting in first gear would be lessened by altering gear position plate to read "C, 1, 2, 3, 4", cad of 9, 2, 3, 4, 5". He said it is almost aossible to select the lowest gear with the ult that drivers actually obtain third and pull ay in that gear.
[he chairman, Mr. R. Mackenzie, said the mge in gear position plate is now being made,
w Stoke-on-Trent Bus Station: Next month ke-on-Trent Corporation opens a €32,000 bus ion in Hanley—main shopping centre of the teries. The station will enable more than 30 town Ire terminal points to be removed and it is hoped : the traffic flow will be speeded up. About ,04710 passengers a week are expected to use the