B.E.T. Celebrate Diamond Jubilee
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(--1F nearly 200 members and guests
of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., who attended the company's diamond jubilee dinner in London last week, at least one had worked for the company in 1902.
There were no inhibitions -where B.E.T. were concerned, said the chairMan, Mr. H. C. Drayton. He believed that they had greater prospects during the next 20 years than they had 20 years ago. They had launched out into Africa and Jamaica, and already had a big stake in .Canada. If they had not possessed this belief in their future and that of this country they would have spent their money in other ways.
British capital usually meant the use of British vehicles, consequently they were " rooting " for B.E.T. and Britain. There were not enough people either in politics or in the City who were doing this for Britain.
Congratulating the.chairman and the company on their success, Viscount Kilmuir, Lord Chancellor, referred to the pioneer of the B.E.T., the late Mr. Emil Garcke, as having had a truly remarkable collection of qualities. He knew much about most things and this was combined with what ordinary people wanted. Referring to Mr. Drayton, he said his genius would always speak for itself, but his friends also valued his clarity of mind and quality of friendship.
L.T.E. TO CARRY EVERYONE
Nreduction will be made in peak/I hour bus and Green Line services when fuel rationing is introduced, the London Transport Executive announced on Tuesday. The fuel cut-will chiefly affect evening and week-end services. Trolleybus services will be unchanged.
"We mean to carry everyone to and from work, including all those who have been using cars," a spokesman said. Services would be kept under close watch, and necessary adjustments would be made quickly.
HIGHER FILM RATES? INCREASED rates for film transport I are sought by F.T.S. (Great Britain), Ltd., in the north-west. The company have written to Lanchshire branches of she Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association pointing out that since the previous variation in rates nearly two years ago, drivers have received on an average an extra LI 12s. 6d. a week, and mechanics' pay had also risen.
The proposed new charge is 2s. a week per cinema higher than existing rates.
.COALENE FUEL SUCCESS
GOOD results from using a 20-percent. admixture of Coalene, an indigenous fuel, with oil fuel in vehicles has been reported by Mr. F. Thorp, general manager of Bury Transport Department. Nearly all the department's vehicles use the fuel.