VISITING COACHES: LAW RELAXED
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rOACHES bringing visitors to Great
Britain are to be allowed to stay for 90 days, instead of 28 days as at present. without complying with certain British licensing requirements. Regulations ta this effect, made by the Minister of Transport and entitled "The Public Service Vehicles (International Circulation) Regulations, 1948," will come into operation on April 12.
The regulations also provide that, in addition to the passengers, two other persons may now be carried if they be employed as drivers of the vehicle, or as guides; interpreters or organizers.
BIG CUT IN S.M.T. TOURS
THE cut of 12i per cent, in fuel allocation to coaches would mean that no further tour bookings could be accepted by the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., said Mr. J. Amos, on March 25. He was speaking at a meeting in Glasgow of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association,
Whereas in the past, he said, the public had enjoyed from Edinburgh a programme of 30 to 40 tours daily, not more than 10 could be run this year, and not less than 50 per cent. of them were already booked. The company did not, however, propose to cancel bookings already accepted.
The meeting decided to send a report to the Association's headquarters in London, requesting a postponement of the cut and emphasizing the hardship imposed on the public.
NO PERMITS FOR CAR TYRES
THE Board of Trade has issued the Control of Rubber Tyres (Revocation) Order, 1948, which came into force on March 25. This Order, which revokes the Control of Rubber Tyres (No. 9) Order, 1946, removes the restrictions on the purchase of new car tyres, and all tyres may now be bought without permit.
£7 A WEEK SICK PAY
EMPLOYEES of Coventry Transport 1-.-1 Department have unanimously accepted a proposal (already reported in "The Commercial Motor") to set up a voluntary sickness-benefit scheme, under which sick pay of as much as £7 a week may be drawn. The scheme is said to be the first of its kind in the country.
SEVEN PAPERS: ONE MEETING
SEVEN short papers will be presented 4---/ by members at a meeting of the Scottish centre of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, at the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Glasgow, at 7.30 p.m. on April 12.
CONDITIONS OF CARRIAGE
.TERMS and conditions of carriage by road transport will be discussed by Mr. J. F. Archbold at a meeting of the Leeds branch of the Industrial Transport Association at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, at 7.30 p.m. on April 6.
£228,284 FROM AUCTION
ASUM of £228,284 was realized at a recent sale of surplus Government vehicles, conducted by Messrs. Woolley and Wallis, at Winterslow. The sale included 994 vehicles and tractors, and 143 trailers.
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