EXCURSIONISTS WELCOMED IN SCOTLAND
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AT Aberdeen, last week, before the Northern Scotland Traffic .Commissioners, Mr. Alexander Burnett, of Mintlaw, asked permission to reduce fares on the Ellon route. He said the request had come from customers.
Mr. Henry Riches, chairman of the Commissioners, pointed out that after negotiations lasting 12 months, the fares on the Elton route were co-ordinated with all services in April, 1933. The Commissioners were being asked to take a step which would mean cut fares.
In order that the applicant could furnish details regarding his drawings, the application was adjourned. Objections were intimated on behalf of Messrs. Sutherland of Peterhead.
Remarking that he had dealt with 120 applications for road tours to the North of Scotland, from places as far south as Torquay and Bournemouth, Mr. Riches said the Commissioners welcomed that class of traffic, and were glad to note that in not one instance had a complaint been received regarding the passengers' conduct. On the contrary, the excursionists had been paid many compliments.
THE LORD MAYOR'S MODERN COACH. • IT was arranged that yesterday, March 3, the Lord Mayor of London and his party would be conveyed to the British Industries Fair, at Earls Court, in two special coaches.pravided by Red -and White Services, Ltd.
ROAD-AND-RAIL CO-ORDINATION SCHEME.
FRANCE is attacking the problem of road-and-rail co-ordination to an extent which involves the closing down of 3,700 miles of line during the present year.
It is said that this will effect economies in operation to the extent of £1,200,000. Not only will the scheme of co-ordination cut out wasteful competition, but the application and enforcement of tariff rates, for both rail and road transport, will be simplified.
S.M.T. OFFER REJECTED.
THE new wages scale offered by the Scottish .Motor Traction Co., Ltd., and its associated companies, which would have meant an all-round increase of 2s. per week to drivers, conductors and conductresses, has been
rejected by the employees. It was learned on February 27 that the approximate figures were—for rejection, 4,000; for acceptance, 900.
Rejection does not necessarily imply strike action. It will be remembered that the workers' delegates rejected by an overwhelming majority a proposal that powers be sought from the National Execntive of the Transport and General Workers Union to take a ballot vote for strike action.
Sir William Thomson, chairman of S.M.T. and its associated companies, stated that the directors considered the n40 terms offered were generous, and accordingly they had decided 'that it would not be increased. Expressing his Surprise at the rejection of the offer, Sir William stated that, in his opinion, the rates of pay, and conditions which these men at present enjoyed, compared more than favourably with others in the industry.
BRUSSELS PREFERS OILERS,
THE Societe des Autobus Bruxellois reports, that following satisfactory trials, 15 of its fleet of motorbuses running in Brussels have been fitted
with oil engines us place of petrol units and that five more are at present being converted. In addition, orders have lately been placed with Belgian concerns for 12 68-seater oil-engined buses.