Fewer Sat for R.S.A. Transport Exams
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WHILE there was a slight decrease in VY the number of candidates sitting for the Royal Society of Arts road transport examinations in 1963, the number of papers worked was the highest since 1954. The 366 candidates compared with 387 in 1962, and is still well below the numbers in the 1950s. The slight increase in 1962 in the number of students from road haulage was not maintained and the number of clerks taking the course still represents the largest group of students. This is revealed in the-annual report of the National Committee on Road Transport Education.
The revised scheme of examinations was finally approved by the National Committee in March, 1963, and introduced for the sessions starting in September. Passes under the new syllabuses must include either road transport operation (passenger or goods) Paper II, or road transport accounts. Students holding certificates under earlier examinations were advised individually by the Royal Society of Arts what additional passes they required for the award of the diploma. The scheme, which can be completed in two years, but can be spread over a longer period if the student wishes, should prove an attraction and the Committee is hopeful that there will be a revival of interest in studies for the R.S.A. diploma in road transport.
Flat-fare Buses, Please GLASGOW Corporation is being asked to consider a service of singledeckers, manned by one employee, at a standard fare of 3d., on the perimeter, route circling the shopping centre of the city. This proposal has been made by an association of Sauchiehall Street traders who contend that they have lost substantial business as a result of the city's one-way-street system.
Mr. lain C. Mackie, secretary of the association, believes that a service circling Sauchiehall, Buchanan, Argyle, Hope and Bath Streets would bring back a great deal of the lost trade to Sauchiehall Street. The Corporation view is that the city will listen to any proposal which seems to offer economic returns.
IN BRIEF
Warrington Take-over: Negotiations have been completed between Warrington Corporation and Naylor's Motor Services of Stockton Heath, Cheshire, for the complete take-over by the Corporation of the service at present operated jointly by the two parties from Warrington to Appleton and Arley. Warrington Corporation will purchase the one double-deck bus used on this service, but Naylor's will retain their coaching and other interests.
Biaekbourn Take-over: The business of Stark's Luxury Coaches Ltd., carried on for many years at Tetney, Lines, has been taken over by the Blackbourn Group and is being continued by Stark's from the registered office at Norfolk House, Welholme Road, Grimsby. A new travel bureau and booking office has been opened at 6 Market Street, Cleethorpes.
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