House Canvass for New Bus Service
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A STATEMENT that three employees of the Western
S.M.T. Co., Ltd., had canvassed houses in support of a proposed new service between Ardrossan and Kilmarnock, was made before the Scottish Licensing Authority in Glasgow, last week.
Mr. D. S. Carson, manager of Ayrshire Bus Owners (A.I. Service), Ltd., who made this assertion, said that in 1950 his company were granted a dispensation to operate the service, and they were now seeking confirmation of the licence.
This Daimler C.V.G. 6, fitted with a 59-seat body by Charles If. Roe, Ltd., is the first Gardnerengined vehicle to be operated by Halifax Passenger Transport Department. It is one of 22 which are in the course of delivery to the
He maintained that the service they were providing was sufficient to meet the needs of the area, and claimed that this was borne out by the results of a census they had conducted.
Cllr. W. Currie, of Ardrossan, said he had received complaints about the irregularity ' and inadequacy of the existing service, and two housewives agreed that another service operated by the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., would help to ease the problem.
Granting licences to both companies. the Authority said that if there was need for co-ordination it could be referred back.
SEVERN ROAD BRIDGE: EVIDENCE WANTED
ROAD transport operators were to be asked their views on the proposed Severn Bridge, said Sir Percy Thomas, chairman of the Welsh Board for Industry, last week. The Board have agreed to a suggestion of the SouthWest Regional Board for Industry to prepare a joint memorandum on the subject, and sub-committees of the two boards met on Monday.
Evidence is required from the manufacturing and transport industries on the use that is likely to be made of the bridge. The joint committee will also wish to know what tonnage of goods is likely to cross it, and what the reaction of operators would be to a toll.
The Welsh Board had already agreed in principle to the toll system if they could not get the bridge in any other way, said Sir Percy.
NO BALLOT AT BIRMINGHAM LATFORM staff employed by I. Birmingham Transport Department have refused to take part in a secret ballot which was to have been taken to discover whether they objected to the employment of coloured workers. They think the decision should be made by the transport committee.
PISTON RINGS IN SETS WJELLWORTHY piston rings are VV now obtainable in sets, because it has been found in practice that this is a more convenient method of storing, as well as reducing breakages. One carton contains a matched set of rings for one piston.