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are too busy at the moment to run pleasure services were protected by the Northern Regional Transport Commissioner; Mr. F. W. Nelson, in Newcastle, in rejecting a recent application by Peacock (Haulage), Ltd.. Redcar, to use a 25-seater bus for excursions from Redcar to Guisborough, Stokesley, CastIcton. Whitby, and Staithes. The excursions would operate between the months of June and September and only one bus a day would be used.
United Automobile Services. Ltd., Darlington. which opposed the application, had previously run mystery tours in the district. but had been prevented from doing so this year by a shortage of vehicles and staff, and the heavy demand for workmen's services.
Rejecting the application, the Commissioner said that if the application were granted, it would only be a drop in the ocean of demand at the moment, but it might result in uneconomic competition next year.
QUESTION RAISED ON EX-N.F.S. MAN'S CASE
T'HE case of Mr. J. M. Clarke, the ex-N.F.S. man who, as reported in our issue dated July 19, was refused permission to operate by the Scottish Regional Transport Commissioner, was raised last week in a question put to the Minister of Transport by Sir J. Lucas,
Replying, Mr. G. R. Strauss, Under Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. said that Mr. Clarke did not qualify for special consideration, as he sold his business at the beginning of the war. The application was refused because there was insufficient evidence of need.
FIRESTONE PUBLISHES BOOK OF WAR PICTURES
VINE pictures of war vehicles in I action on many fronts are included in a publication of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., called ". . .They
Used Firestone" One of the most striking illustrations is that of a Thornycroft Terrapin, with its eight giant tyres, being tested over rough ground.
To demonstrate the company's activities in the manufacture of rubber-tometal parts, pictures are shown of land, sea and air machines that are equipped with anti-vibration mountings.
BETTER SERVICES BUT THE SAME FARES
C) PERATING costs of the NorthWestern Road Car Co., Ltd., have risen by 80 per cent, since pre-war years. By reason of greater revenue. however, services are being improved, whilst retaining pre-war fares. This point was made by Mr. W. T. James, 0.1KE., chairman of the company, at the ordinary general meeting on July 26.
The company had made good progress in restoring services that were 'withdrawn during the war, said Mr. James. A number of services to the seaside and the Manchester-London run are at present in operation.
, Referring to nationalization, Mr. James said that nobody could dispute the fact that the bus industry was one of the cheapest and most efficiently run in the country. Surely, he asked, it was better that the industry should be allowed to operate on its present structure, rather than that theoretical experiments should be carried out.
PIONEER OF OILERS DEAD
AFIER an association with road transport since 1896, Mr. Thomas Henry Barton. 0.B.E.. chairman of Barton Transport. Ltd.. of Chilwell. Notts, died on July 26. He was well known for his pioneer work in the use of town gas for buses during the 1914-18 war. He also achieved fame by installing a Gardner four-cylindered oil engine in a bus chassis in 1930.
Mr. Barton founded the present business in 1908, after an unsuccessful venture with Daimler-Granville wagonettes. and it now operates more than 2C0 vehicles. IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPORT MOVING-FLOOR BODY
A LTHOUGH it preserves the main .1-1, features of the well-tried pre-war design, the latest Transport patent mov ing-flob r rear-loading body for refuse collectors has been improved in a number of details.
A galvanized floor of a new type. having greater strength and resistance to corrosion, can now be supplied, as well as an acid-reasting rubber-belt floor. Another attr-tctive new feature is a compensated platform for the loaders. Maintenance has been simplified by providing single-shot high-pressure lubrica-. tion for the rear shaft and other vital parts, and by improving accessibility and facilities for adjustment.
Glover, Webb and Livcrsidge. Ltd., 561, Old Kmt Road, London, &E.% make the Transport body. It can be fitted to various makes of chassis. including Karrier, Thornycroft, and many others.