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A'appeal by the Road Haulage Executive against the compensation award by the Transport Arbitration Tribunal to Mr. James Sell, who was managing director of Hauliers, Ltd., was dismissed by the Queen's Bench Divisional Court, last week.
Hauliers, Ltd., owned or controlled nine companies which were nationalized and Mr. Sell was awarded £1,444 compensation. The R.H.E. contended that this figure had been assessed on a wrong basis.
Mr. Justice McNair, in a reserved judgment, said that when the undertakings were nationalized in April, 1949, Hauliers, Ltd., went into voluntary liquidation. Mr. Sell was appointed liquidator and ceased to be managing director. His emoluments as managing director were £3,250 a year and his service agreement with the company had 10 months to run.
The Tribunal had not erred on the basis which it adopted, as Mr. Sell had a right to damages for breach of his service agreement. Lord Goddard. the Lord Chief Justice. and Mr. Justice Finnemore concurred.
SAVING BY ELECTRIFYING 'THE electrification of 16 motorbus 1 routes has been proposed to Walsall Town Council by the transport committee. The services affected include 12 in the north of the town. Trolleybus routes between Walsall and Darlaston and Darlaston and Wednesbury are also suggested. It is. thought that savings will result from such a conversion.
C.LE. HAS TO SAVE £550,000 nECAUSE the Irish Government has
limited the subsidy to Cores Iompair Eireann to £1.3m., the undertaking has been forced to save £550,000 a year, to which cuts in Dublin bus services will contribute £60,000-£80,000.
Reductions will be made in the frequency of 30 of the 63 routes and about 60 crews will become redundant, although only five vehicles will be taken off the road. It is hoped that normal " wastage " in staff retirements and resignations will prevent dismissals. It has been estimated that CUE. will lose nearly £2m. this year.
SUBSIDY ACCEPTED
-r HE fare-subsidy agreement between
the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers has been accepted by an overwhelming vote by South Wales colliers, About 60 per cent. of the men have been enjoying subsidized fares since the war. Now all arc included and none will have to pay over 5s. 6d. per week to travel to work.
TELEHOIST PRICES DOWN DRICE reductions affecting Telehoist tipping gear mill come into effect to-morrow (November 0. The model SLI, which now costs £100 10s., will be priced at £89 10s., and the model 512, at present £112, will be £94 10s. The SL2 twin-ram gear will be reduced from £173 17s. 6d. to £150.
NEW IRISH TAX RATES
LEGISLATION has been enacted Li imposing higher taxation upon road vehicles in Ireland on January 1, 1953. Vehicle insurance, which rose by 25 per cent. on December 1, 1951, will be reduced by 12i per cent. on December 1 next. The cost of driving licences has been increased from 10s. to £1.
CONSULTANT FOR DUNDEE PPROVAL has been given by 1-1. Dundee Town Council to the suggestion that a consultant, possibly the retired manager of a public transport undertaking, be appointed to advise on the operation of the town's transport services, which are losing £1,020 a week.
REGISTRATIONS STEADY THE total of new registrations for July, excluding cars and motorcycles, was 11,392, the figure for the previous month being 11,124. A drop from 2,081 to 989 in exempt vehicles was balanced by increases under other headings, as shown in the table below.