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No Grants For Transport Equipment
Lord Shepherd, who was resisting an amendlent to the Industrial Development Bill aimed at ,iving grants for freight containers, added: "The lovernment's position on internal......
'savage' Tax Increases Says Brf The British Road...
a statement following the publication of the White 'aper on Transport Policy, saying: "The Federation believes the Minister of Transport is wrong to reject out of hand the......
Protest At Covent Garden Delay
SIXTY-TWO Conservative MPs have signed a House of Commons motion criticizing the Government for cutting the Covent Garden market scheme from the spending programme or next year,......
Open Terminals Soon For Liner Trains?
T HE Government spotlight was last week turned on Mrs. Castle's expectation that liner trains will go ahead "soon" between London and Garston on the basis of open terminals. Her......
Higher Speed Limits
T HE Commons this week approved the raising of the speed limit for public service vehicles from 40 to 50 m.p.h. An order raising the limit for p.s.v. with trailers from 30 to 40......
No Thaw In S. Wales
APPLICATIONS for fares increases from Red and White Services, Thomas Bros., and the Rhondda Transport Co., were this week refused at a joint sitting of the South Wales and South......
Cbi Backs Measures
DESPITE misgivings, the Confederation of British Industry on Wednesday undertook to give its "voluntary best" to achieve the standstill required under the prices and incomes......
More Casualties Of "freeze" A In. Increase For Grocery...
drivers, payable from August 1, has been blocked by the employers. Enhanced overtime rates of pay for BRS supervisors arising from the 38-hour week recently negotiated have been......