SUCCESSFUL NEW SERVICE: BLACKPOOL TO APPEAL
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BLACK POOL Corporation has lodged an appeal against the decision of the North-Western Licensing Authority for Public Service Vehicles to grant Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., permission to establish a new bus service in the Park Ward area. Launched recently, the service has been an overwhelming success, the demand necessitating duplication at
busy periods. '
Blackpool opposed the application at the original hearing on the ground that the needs of the district were already adequately served by Blackpool Corporation and the Ribbla company, and that this was wasteful and unnecessary competition. The corporation added that, as the existing operator in Fleetwood, it should be permitted to provide or share in the new service.
Fleetwood Corporation is to resist the appeal.
BUS LETTERBOXES IN • SHEFFIELD?
riA MOVE is being made in Sheffield to obtain restoration of letterboxes on Sheffield Corporation evening services. Councillor A. V. Wolstenholme stated at an election meeting on October 15 that he was trying to get the Council to take action for restoration of such facilities. The abolition of the basic petrol ration for motorists meant that many people could no longer use their cars to take their evening letters to the general post office.
RENOVATING MIDLAND "RED" COACHES
THE work of modernizing the S.L.R. coaches of the Midland " Red " has commenced and is making good progress. These coaches are being equipped with Leyland 7.4-litre oil engines, whilst the bodies are also being completely renovated. If no particular difficulties occur, the fleet should be available for next year's coaching season.
ROAD LEVELS CHECKED TO 1/10 IN.
TO test Manchester's recently asphalt." covered granite-sett roads, the Road 'Research Section of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is using a new machine which is said to be the only one of its kind in the country. It is mounted on 16 wheels, and records to 1/10 in. irregularities in levels of roadways.
STORY OF ENTERPRISE
AN interesting and humorous souvenir brochure of the Alexander group of companies, well known in Scotland, has been edited by Mr. G. A. Hoffmann as an appreciation of a long friendship with Messrs. James, Henry, and Alfred Alexander, present directors, and sons of the founder, Mr. J. R. Alexander, Senr.
Constituent companies of the Alexander Group are Alexanders of Edinburgh, Ltd., J. R. Alexander and Co., Ltd., Industrial Motor Services, Ltd., and Edinburgh Pioneer Motors, Ltd. One section of the book describes in some detail the war effort of the Alexander group, which was on a large scale and involved the dismantling and reconditioning of many thousands of W.D. vehicles, in addition to the manufacture of vehicle bodies, munitions of war, etc. Concluding chapters describe the services offered to road transport operators and foreshadow considerable expansion of such facilities.
BIS STRIKE EVERY SATURDAY
DRIVERS and conductors employed by Young's Bus Services, Ltd., Paisley, are continuing their token Saturday strikes, in which about 400 men are involved. They are dissatisfied with the winter-duty schedules, and they propose to hold a similar strike on each Saturday unless the schedules are changed.
185 GUYS ON "REPEATS"
RECE NT repeat orders received by Guy Motors, Ltd., Wolverhampton, include the following:—paisley and District Omnibus Co., Ltd., five doubledeckers; Chesterfield Corporation, 20 double-deckers; East Kent Road Car Co.. Ltd., 80 double-deckers; Central S.M.T. Co., Ltd., 80 single-deckers.
EAST YORKS TAKE-OVER ECHO
BUS services in East Yorkshire figure in a new take-over application. The application is by East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd, to take over services operated between Hunmanby and Scarborough by Mr. C.. Crosby.
Previously Mr. Crosby agreed to sell this business to another party, but East Yorkshire Motor Service, Ltd., and United Automobile Services, Ltd., opposed the application, which was refused. The objectors argued that if Mr. Crosby was selling.his bus business, a prior right of purchase should be given to existing operators in the districts concerned. It was stated that East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., bad offered to purchase the business, but this offer had not been accepted.
After the refusal of this first takeover application, it was indicated that formation of a company to take over Mr. Crosby's bus business was contemplated.
SWEDISH HAULIERS FREED
D ECENTLY the Swedish .Govern
`kment has made a law by which, from January 1, 1948, road hauliers in that country will be completely free and it will not be necessary for them to belong to the County Central Organization. They will now be able to consolidate and work out their own organizations.
Considering that the railways in Sweden are nationalized this is a most important and surprising concession. It indicates that the Swedish Government has a considerably better conception of the value of free road transport than does our Labour Government.
145 AMBULANCES IN COUNTY FLEET IDDLESEX County Council is LVI planning to run a fleet of 125 ambulances and 50 cars, with a reserve of 20 ambulances and eight cars, when the ambulance services in the county, which at present operate 146 ambulances, are absorbed by the county council.