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Council Oppose S.u.t. Plan
A T last week's meeting of Sheffield City Council, the transport committee were criticized for seeking approval for a motion opposing a plan of Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., to......
Turnberry Chosen For 1954
T HE annual conference of the Scottish Road Passenger Transport Association is to be held this year at Turnberry, instead of at Pitlochry, as in previous years. The dates will......
Low Rates—poor Service -the Road Haulage Association Were...
a price-fixing organization, but they issued a schedule to show what the haulier should charge to make a profit. said Mr. G. W. Irwin, Eastern Area secretary, at the Southend......
Tunnel Access To Stores? It Has Been Proposed That A
tunnel be 1 bhilt beneath Birmingham's shopping centre, down which delivery vehicles would drive and disperse to the loading bays of different stores. Owners of the property......
M.o.t. Plans " Feeble Answer"
"A FEEBLE answer to a crying need," was how Mr. B. Pickup, president of Manchester Chamber of Commerce, at the Chamber's annual meeting on Monday, described the Minister of......
860 Conducidrs Wanted—but Not Coloured Men Lthough There...
vacanIA cies for conductors, and the local branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union has intimated that it has no objection to their employment, Birmingham Transport......
Trolleybuses As Safe As Buses
THERE were 126 accidents—one to 1 every 336,000 passengers—on trolleybuses in Hull last year, said Aid. J. Henson, chairman of the transport committee, at last week's meeting of......
Pedestrian To Blame For Bus Accident
D AMAGES of £200 and costs were awarded in the Queen's Bench Division last week against a woman who stepped in front of a bus in London, causing it to stop suddenly and injure a......
Higher Preston Fares?
w ORKMEN'S single fares calculated at half the ordinary adult single fare will be substituted for workmen's return fares in Preston if proposals made by Preston Transport......
Load Dumped In Road: 10s. Fine
A FINE of 10s. was imposed on a lorry driver employed by a firm of builders' merchants at Bootle last week for dumping a load of bricks and mortar into the highway, allegedly......