Newcastle to Collect Fares from Queues?
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T° improve the undertaking's finances, Newcastle upon Tyne Transport Committee are considering using conductors to collect fares from bus queues, They are also investigating the linking of services, and the introduction of a bonus scheme for platform staff.
The committee are to re-submit to the city council proposals to raise fares. A
increase on all ordinary fares, except the 14d. minimum, is suggested. The committee stated that the bus undertaking had a loss of nearly -£30,000 last year, and a deficit of about £110,000 was expected in the current year. Aid. R. Mould Graham, chairman, said that apart from pay increases, the department faced an expenditure of £233,000 for vehicle replacement.
Red and White Services, Ltd., Chepstow. and Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., have applied for permission.. to revise fares. The Yorkshire W.D. application seeks to abolish workers' returns.
BIG ORDERSFOR SWEDES QINCE Argentina allowed the import NJ of vehicles of 12-ton capacity and over, A.B. Scania-Vabis claim to have received orders for 1,010 heavy outfits. About 600 have already been delivered, mainly for the transport of cattle from the prairies to the coast, and for the movement of sugar cane and grain.
ADAPTABLE POLICE VEHICLE A N adaptable 23-seat vehicle has been r-Lchased by Rochdale Town Council for police use. It was designed
by Mr. S. J. H Harvey, Chief Constable,
and Mr. Ronald Cox, general manager of the transport department. It can. a be divided into two compart
ments, and has crane and rescue
equipment for use in accidents. It can also be employed as a police station.
and a system of relay levers and split track rods.
A Fiat-Baldwin hydraulic braking system incorporates leading-andtrailing-shoe units in each drum. The braking area is large, and the efficiency and anti-fade properties are high.
There are four body doors. The doors to the driving compartment have drop windows, whilst the rear doors, which are 32 in. wide, each have two sliding lights. The squab of the front bench seat is adjustable for angle in three positions, and the back panels of the rear seats are ribbed to provide a strong floor for goods.
" Luxury " fittings which form part of the standard specification include a lockable petrol-filler cap, twin plastics sun visors, map pocket in the front passenger door and three interior lights, the forward one being incorporated with the rear-view mirror. Twin, self-parking electric windscreen wipers are fitted.
For reasons of space economy, the spare wheel is clamped to the front bulkhead ahead of the passenger seat, but it is disguised with a flexible cover and does not restrict leg room overmuch.
Both four-seat and six-seat versions are rated for a payload of just over 6+ cwt. when carrying a driver and no passengers. It was in