NATIONAL WAGES BOARD LIKELY
Page 66
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
IT is understood from an authorita
tive source that there is every likelihood of a National Conciliation Board being set up for the road passengertransport industry. It is believed that a conference will be held in London, on March 12, to discuss the issue, and that the persons vitally concerned are Mr. Ernest Bevin, of the Transport and General Workers Union, on the men's side, and Mr. S. E. Garcke, representing the employers.
As reported in The Commercial Motor on February 19, delegates representing nearly 100,000 employees of private bus companies recently attended a conference of the Bus Federation at Leeds. The object was to discuss the establishment of national machinery for dealing with wages and conditions. The formation of a National Board is a likely outcome.
GAS BUSES AT LE MANS.
ANexperimental service with 40seater gas-producer buses is to be inaugurated at Le Mans by M. Andre Liantey, Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture. These vehicles will replace the curious little 40-year-old trams, familiar to hundreds of British visitors who attend the annual Le Mans 24-hour motor race.
APPEALS AGAINST YORKSHIRE FARES REVISIONS?
THE Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners' decisions on the revision of excursion fares do not show much change from the revision scheme which the Commissioners issued a few months ago. The purpose of the fares revision is to remove anomalies, and the changes made involve both increases and decreases.
In road-transport circles, objection is taken to the increases which the Commissioners have ordered in certain instances, and it is learned that appeals may be lodged. It is possible that the railway interests will appeal against decisions to reduce road rates.
ESTON AND TEES BOARD.
hilIDDLESBROUGH Corporation is IVI being asked on what terms, if at all, it would be prepared to take over Eaton Urban District Council's interest in Tees-side Railless Traction Board.
NEW FIGHT ON "FANTAILS."
rERTA1N Yorkshire operators who
run " fantail " tours contemplate contesting the restriction of the " fantail " tour as laid down in a decision by the South-Eastern Traffic Commissioners, which was upheld by the Minister of Transport on appeal.
The Yorkshire operators' applications for licences have still to be dealt with, and it is anticipated that the " fantail " restriction issue will be contested when the applications for backings come before the South-Eastern and Western Commissioners.
BRISTOL AND WESTON TRAMS ' TO GO.
REFERENCE to the impending replacement of trams by buses in Bristol and Weston-super-Mare was made by Mr. J. F. Heaton, chairman, at the annual general meeting, last week, of the Bristol Tramways •and Carriage Co., Ltd.
That company has acquired the goodwill and running rights in Westonsuper-Mare of the local tramways company. The Bristol concern has also acquired a controlling interest in Bath Electric Tramways, Ltd., and Bath Tramways Motor Co., Ltd., but no announcement concerning the fate of fixed-line transport in Bath was made.
MORE WELSH OWNERS SELL OUT
rURTHER absorptions of Neath bus
services by leading South Wales bus companies have taken place. The Commercial Motor understands that the Osborne Services, Neath, of which Mr. T. Davies is the proprietor, have, in the past few days, been sold to the South Wales Transport Co., Ltd.
The Osborne Services operate between Neath and Briton Ferry, Birchgrove and Banwen, and locally in Neath. They have been established for about 14 years.
Another Neath deal comprises, we understand, the acquisition by Red and White Services, Ltd., of Bluebird Coaches (Skewen), Ltd. The routes covered are from Neath to Cimla, Briton Ferry and Birchgrove.
BLACKPOOL EXCURSION OPERATORS HARASSED?
PRESENTING his report at the annual meeting of Blackpool and District Motor Coach Owners Association, Mr. H. Hardman, secretary, made
• a strong protest against the manner in which local excursion and tour operators were being treated, " It appears to be the definite policy of the railways and big public service vehicle operators, including BlackpoolTransport Department, to harass the excursion and tour operator as much as possible," he declared. It was regrettable that even after six years' working of the Road Traffic Act, objections were still lodged annually against applications to continue a group of pleasure trips.
He added that the growth of traffic booked by travel agencies throughout the country and brought into Blackpool by scheduled services under the guise of extended tours was causing no little concern.