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Container Ports
M INISTER of Transport Mrs. Barbara Castle told the Commons on Wednesday that she has given the go-ahead to container port development on the Clyde and Merseyside. She has......
More Gpo Bus Services Planned
THE Post Office hopes to start a minibus service in Devon or Cornwall soon, similar to that now operating in Montgomeryshire, and four more a short time afterwards. Announcing......
Fuel Tax Cut Plea
THE British Road Federation this week called for a 7d. cut in motor fuel tax—from 3s. 7d. to 3s. a gallon—in a memorandum to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It stressed that......
Sir Edward Thompson, 65 On June 11, Is To Relinquish
the chairmanship of the John Thompson Group after the annual general meeting on June 14. Sir Edward has been chairman since 1948, and he is to be honorary president in a......
Barbara Looks At Travel Concessions
GOVERNMENT backing—with qualifications—was given last week to a Private Member's Bill which will allow the extension of travel concessions on buses. Before the Commons gave the......
Call For Single Bus System In Ulster
A CALL for a single bus system for Northern Ireland was made by Mr. Phelim O'Neill in the Ulster Commons. "In a small area like this it simply does not make sense to have two......