Stiffer Entry : Over Half Fail
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MORE stringent assessments of suit
IVL for employment by Glasgow Transport Department have resulted in over half the number of applicants being rejected. Of 8,719 applicants interviewed last year, 4,264 were accepted, 1,510 failed to pass the medical examination, whilst 1,896 were rejected as unsuitable.
The number of new employees was 487 fewer than that of dismissals and departures. Six out of seven who left the department did so of their own accord. Over 1,300 complained of the working hours or wages; 569 left for health' reasons, and 554 left giving no -reason.
Criticizing the city's transport services at last week's meeting of Glasgow Council, Bailie G. Reid asked if any arrangements had been made to meet competition by British Railways, who had intimated that the frequency of suburban train services was to be increased. He asked the convener of the transport committee, CHI% R. IVfacAllister, whether he realized th the complete inadequacy of the servic was " chasing " people to the railwa and other nationalized services.
Cllr. MacAllister said that the tran port department were continually fac( with competition by the railways at other agencies. Their ability to meet was shown by the excellent financi results for the past year, and by the fa that last year they carried 125m. mo passengers than before the war.
He submitted that services in Glasgc were no worse, in fact they were a gre deal better, than in many other pal of the country. He agreed that the was room for improvement, but if the were any delays or changes frequency, they were caused by con( tions far beyond the control of t undertaking. Every municipality w faced with the shortage of man-powi An extension of powers to opera trolleybuses within the city was amo a number of subjects approved f inclusion in a Provisional Order.