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Southend-London Battle Continues
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A NOTHER phase in the battle I-1 between Victoria Coaches (Leighon-Sea), Ltd., and the State-owned Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services, Ltd., will begin on Monday week, when Westcliff's backing application for a proposed all-the-year-round service between London and Southend is to be heard by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority.
When the application for the primary licence was heard (The Commercial Motor, March 19 and 26), the Eastern Licensing Authority deferred his decision until the result of the backing application was made known. This is concerned primarily with a proposed picking-up. and setting-down point at the new town of Basildon.
SINGLE REAR TYRES: RHONDDA WANT MORE
FOLLOWING the introduction, early this year, of four Leyland Tiger Cub buses with single tyres on the rear wheels, Rhondda Transport Co., Ltd., have ordered another 19 which are to be similarly equipped.
Michelin Metallic D20 tyres are to be fitted on the rear wheels, which will be offset 3 in. The front wheels will have C20 tyres. The Tiger Cubs, which weigh only 5 tons 12 cwt. 1 qr., will have Weymann 44-seat service bodies.
50 NEW LEYLANDS AND GUYS FOR MADRAS
FIFTY new Leyland and Guy underfloor engined 65 70passenger buses are to be purchased by the Madras Transport Department. They should be assembled and on the road by the end of the year. Madras will then be the first State in India to introduce a large fleet of such vehicles; Bombay at present has 10.
ARBITRATION ON WAGES
FOLLOWING the failure to reach agreement on vehicle building employees' wages when representatives of the employers and trade unions met recently under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour, the unions have given formal notice to the Ministry of a dispute under the Trade Disputes Order of 1951. This Order aIlovh the Minister to refer the matter to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal for arbitration.
Paris Bus System Restored
FOR a long time after the war, Parisians had to depend largely on the city's extensive Metro underground railway system for their public transport.. During the occupation of France, large numbers of Paris buses were seized by the Germans for military purposes and dispersed over half of Europe.
In the post-war years there has been a steady building-up process, and the buses now operated by the State-owned Paris undertaking, R.A.T.P., are particularly suited to the special conditions of public transport in the French capital.
s Most of these vehicles are being supplied by the Societe Anonyme des Usines Chausson. They have a capacity of 55 passengers, 32 seated and 23 standing.
Power-operated doors are provided at the front, in the centre and at the rear of the buses. The front doors are controlled by the driver, and those at the centre and rear by the conductor, who is provided with an enclosed compartment in the saloon. The steps are