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DESIGNED primarily for overseas visitors, a three-day EdinburghLondon coach service is to be introduced by Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., in the summer. The route will include the Lake District, Chester, Lichfield and the Shakespeare country. Overnight stops being at Windermere and Stratford-onAvon.
The single journey will cost £10 10s., which includes hotels, meals and gratuities. One return trip a week will be made from early June until early September_ Monday will be the starting day from Edinburgh, the return trip from London beginning on Thursdays.
EXTRA FUEL SOUGHT FOR C.D.
STATING that the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., supplied 90 per cent. of certain components used by heavyvehicle manufacturers, Mr. G. de Freitas (Lab., Lincoln) asked the Minister of Transport whether the company could have an increased allocation of fuel, as the amount granted them forced them to go on to a three-day week. The Minister, in a written reply, said that he was not prepared to intervene in individual cases.
OVERTIME ON ELECTRICS
nVERTIME, and in some depart ments a seven-day week, is being worked by Smith's Delivery Vehicles, Ltd., to meet heavy demands for battery-electric vehicles. Mr. H. W. Heyman, managing director, who has returned from a business trip to North and South America, reports that increasing numbers of operators there have come to appreciate the battery-electric's low maintenance and repair costs.
STANDARD FOR AIR FILTERS
T°provide for greater interchangeability of air filters, the British Standards Institution have formulated a new standard covering limits in dimensions of such units. Copies of the standard—B,S.2,806—can be obtained from the Institution, 2 Park Street, London, W.1, price 3s. 6d.