Three Operators Seek s Night-shift Traffic THE introduction of a
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night shift at the Farington Spurrier works. of Leyland Motors, Ltd., resulted in three operators appearing, before' the North Western Traffic Commissioners, on Tuesday. Turner's Ideal Tours, Ltd., who provide .a works service to the factory from Horwich, wanted to add night and week-end shift jotirneys to their licence.
• Ribble. Motor Services, -Ltd., and Fishwick and Sons,stage-carriage opera tortin the area; objected on theground that they would lose traffic.
Mr. E. A: Whitehead, for Turner's, said they had been running the' Works 'service for five years, but now many of itheir : former passengers were working at .nights, and they had. been" askedto. Provide a night service. Their. fare. was 25.9d., compared with 4s. -2.d. by' stage'carriage' routes.
Mr. A, MumbY; Ribble's southern area 'traffic superintendent, said Ribble and Fishwiek's' had been oPerating a joint ferry' service "between Leyland :Station and the -works during the same period. Provision was 'made for night workers, and they wanted to introduce a cheap night-shift .service themselves. , Mr,' F. El Walker for both Objectors, submitted that as they Were stage carriage -operators they Were entitled to ".prOtection. Most of the night workers Were "already travelling on their E6rvices. . The "chairman; , Mr. F. .Williainson, suggested that as both sides had claims and as the night shift traffic was likely to increase, there' shouldbe -a' hasiS" for agreement.
TRANSPORTWILL REVERT TO ELECTRICITY
WHEN electricity . became " really cheap," public transport Would -revert to it, particularly in 'city areas. This' was stated by Mr. W. L. Russell, general manager of Dundee Transport Department, when he addressed the local :group of the Instituteof Transport.
Legislation would have to be introduced, he added, to control indiscriminate '.parking in-:baiy streets. Parked vehicles :sloWerl :down 'buses and .1he Cost 'Of . running .busl setvices' Was-direCtly: proportional. to the speed-at which they could operate. He believed that the railways were best suited :to lorig-distanee traffic and that they' couldnot compete on short-distance work.
Mr. B. R. Temple, railway traffic superintendent, said that the railways were "in the market" for short-distance traffic. .
ENGINEERS' 41:141OUR WEEK? TNION . leaders of" 3M; engineering WOrkers have asked the einpldyer5 to intriiduce a 404iour :week! "by instalmelts." The Engineering arid-Allied Firiplbyeis' National "Federation On Tuesday sought a clarification of the union proposals, but agreed that the Federation's management board should discuss he matter later this month.