• Rise in Charges in. . Northern Ireland
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ROAD and, rail rates and fares .wil undoubtedly be increased ir Northern Ireland if wage increase 'offer from the Ulster Transport Authority arc accepted. by the trade unions. Acceptance of the increases will cost a total of £260,000 annually.'
Of this amount L185,000 would be sei against road transport workers. .Drivers. conductors and maintenance men have been offered a weekly increase of 10s. 6d. from May 16, and a redUction in working hours from 44 to 42 weekly from August 8. .
• The U.T.A. has asked the union . to recommend co-operation over . the introduction of one-man operated buses, the drivers of which would receive 15 per cent, above the basic rate., .
. B.I.C.E.R.A. PISTON . B.I.C.E.R.A. PISTON
RE"ING 'to :a statement made in. "Towards Higher Presstires." (The Commercial. M ()ter, May 6) a spokesman of. the .British Internal Combustion Engine Research. Association, Slough, points out that use of their variable-ratio piston does not incur a reduction in maximum engine. output. .
Although automatic ratio control isaccompanied by a slight increase in specific fuel consumption above the predetermined load at which control becomes effective, the piston provides a reduction in consumption below is
selected minimum load. This results from the action of the piston in raising the compression ratio. It also gives easier starting.
MAIDSTONE BY-PASS OPENED
A FIVE-MILE length of the Maidstone by-pass was opened on Wednesday in time for the Whitson holiday traffic rush. When completed the Motorway will have cost £.2,300,000 for the sevett-Ond-a-half miles. Until the western section of the road has been finished drivers travelling from London will reach the motorway by following A2011 through Aylesford.
On completion, they will leave the A20 at a new roundabout at Coldharbour Lane, near the British Legion Village, and join the motorway at a two-level junction which has been designed to fit in with the layout of the future Ditton By-pass. The A20 will be rejoined near Rollingbourne.
"GO SLOW" ON NEW SURFACES
A,.GO-SLOW " warning to drivers using newly tarred roads has been issued by the Royal Automobile Club. Reports of tar and stones being thrown up by vehicles travelling too fast over resurfaced roads have already been received.
The British Road Tar Association have pointed out that surface dressing is an economical method of preserving roads, and generally local authorities do their best to minimize the risk of flying chips by following recommendations of the Road Research Laboratory.