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Pay Awards Too Small, Say Union

30th November 1956
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

DISSATISFACTION with the recent pay awards to workers in road passenger transport is implied by Mr. F. Coyle, national secretary of the passenger transport group, in the current issue of the Transport and General Workers' Record.

Mr. Coyle states that the negotiating committees will keep the situation under constant examination, and should they think that an opportunity presents itself there will he no hesitation in 'seeking to get further improvements. He adds the cautionary note that it is not expected that further claims can be submitted "immediately."

"The negotiating committees would have to take into consideration the whole of the existing circumstances . . . and to bear in mind that the main thing is not to submit a claim, but to be reasonably certain that if a claim is submitted then there should be a reasonable possibility of making some progress to the betterment of the people they represent," he adds.

FURNITURE SERVICE ADEQUATE: LICENCE REFUSED

AFER hearing evidence that furniture carrying in Liverpool was highly competitive and that transport was already more than adequate, the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority at Liverpool, on Tuesday, refused an application by Mr. P. Parkinson, Liverpool, for a new B licence for a furniture van.

There were objections from Pickfords, Messrs. R. H. Tyne and Messrs. P. Wright.

Mr. J. Edward-Jones, for the applicant, said that he was a furniture dealer. The vehicle was necessary for taking his own goods to the market and from sales. Mr. Parkinson was anxious to find extra work. He had a large number of requests to carry for other people in the course of his business.

Mr. G. T. Crowe, for Tyne and Wright, submitted that no prima facie case had been established. The applicant admitted that there was keen Competition.

Mr. R. A. Webb, for Pickfords, said that the Travis appeal showed that the applicant himself must produce some evidence of persons willing to employ him.

The Alithority stated that he appreciated the,, difficulties inherent in this class of work, but the applicant had not gone far enough in proving them.

FODENS HONOURED T a dinner given in honour of Fodens, Ltd., by Sandbach Urban District Council, to mark the company's centenary, an illuminated address bearing the coat of arms of the Foden family and the new armorial bearings of Sandbach was presented to Mr. William Foden, governing director of the company.

Petrol and Dery Mixed

I T is understood that the Ministry of Transport favours the idea of mixing petrol and dery as fuel for oil engines to conserve supplies of oil fuel.

Little is known about the performance of compression-ignition engines on petrol mixtures outside the purely experimental field. Should too much petrol be added to the oil fuel, heavy knocking is likely to take place, power might be lost and damage caused to the injection pump because of inadequate lubrication.

Engines have been known to seize up when petrol has been used inadvertently instead of oil fuel, and considerable modifications will be neCessary to ensure satisfactory performance without damage.

Because of the lower cetane value of petrols—particularly leaded fuels—it will be necessary to retard the pump timing by up to 10°. This will reduce the knocking and compensate for the resulting longer delay period in the injection. Pump lubrication can be provided by adding up to 2 per cent. of lubricating oil to the petrol, whilst the pump gallery must be vented to avoid vapour locks.

Even with these precautions the power output will be lower and an increase in fuel-consumption rate will probably result. Exhaust smoking will not be aggravated.

Many oil engines built for the Ministry of Supply have to pass tests on petrol.

"OVERTIME CUTS" WILL SAVE FUEL

AN incidental saving in fuel will result from cuts in service frequencies which Halifax Transport Department is proposing since its attention was drawn by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners to the excessive' overtime being worked by drivers.

Nineteen routes in the borough, and 10 operated jointly with the British Transport Commission, are affected. The suggested cuts fall chiefly in offpeak periods.

A LICENCE FOR MEAT

ON Tuesday the Western Licensing Authority granted an A licence to Morgan and Loynes, Ltd., Bath, for three vehicles, the normal user being "meat, frozen and canned foods, bacon and dairy produce in Great Britain." A B licence for the retail delivery of meat within 35 miles is to be surrendered. It was stated that B-licence vehicles were idle on some days while the company's special-A-licence vehicles were overworked.

The British Transport Commission and a number of hauliers objected.

WHITE PAPER DISCUSSED

A DEPUTATION from the Passenger

Vehicle Operators Association on Tuesday discussed with the Minister of Transport the White Paper on British Railways.


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