Corporation Lose Traffic to Rail
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/MUCH traffic has recently been lost by Southport Transport Department to the electric railway which runs through the town, serving nine stations. " It is not possible to compete with the fares charged by this nationalized industry," says Mr. Jackson Hoggard, general manager of the transport department, in his annual report.
The financial position of the undertaking is extremely serious," he adds.
The outlook for the current year was. less favourable.than it was 12 months ago. The serious decline in income had become even more marked. It appeared that the many pasengers who ceased tO travel when " Suez crisis" fares were imposed, had not returned.
Many passengers were lost through lifts being given in private cars. There were now more than 6.600 cars licensed in Southport for 25,535 houses. Moreover, there were now over 15,000 television licences issued in the town, compared with fewer than 10,000 two years ago. The continued advance of television wai having an increased effect.
PNEUMATIC COMPONENTS TO BE MANUFACTURED
AMODERN range of -pneumatic components developed by the Modernair Corporation of America is to be manufactured in Britain by Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Ltd., a recently formed subsidiary of the Turner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.. Wolverhampton.
A system of work holding, known as " vacthimation," has been developed by Turner's. This permits work holding of the most delicate mechanisms where a fiat face is available, which could be spoilt by normal holding methods, or where a material is non-magnetic.
A DAY LATER
QECAUSE of August Bank Holiday, Li the next issue of The Commercial ator will be published on Saturday ir,siead of Friday,