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ago, John Gibbons was summoned at Derby Borough Police f.:ourt for excessive absenteeism from his duties as a bus driver for the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd. It was proved, in evidence, that he failed, to report for duty. 32 times in four months, without reasonable excuse. He was fined £5 on each of three summonses, and as he was unable to find the money was sent•to pnson for 25 days in each case, the periods to run consecutively.
CHECK ON TAXI OVERCHARGING RACKET I T was stated by Mr. Herbert Morrison in the House of Commons Iasi week that during 4he first seven months of this year a total of 142 cases of taxi drivers refusing to be hired or demanding more than the proper fare had been reported by the Metropolitan and City Police. Proceedings had been taken in 92 of these cases, including eight which were still awaiting disposal. In 17 other cases the drivers had been cautioned.
RE-SERVICE PARTS TO SAVE SPARES
THE first of a series of lectures and demonstrations of new processes which are being given in Scotland witli the object of reducing the use of new spare parts and of extending efforts to re-service worn motor parts took place in Glasgow last week. Representatives of passenger-vehicle operators in many parts of South Scotland attended.
Mr. Archibald Henderson, Regional Transport Commissioner, referred to the progress that had been made in solving public transport difficulties and said that, apart from fuel, rubber, and manpower questions, there remained the problem of maintenance, part of which concerned the difficulty in obtaining spare parts. He was anxious that operators of essential motor services, both goods and passenger, should re-service as many worn parts as possible instead of using new spares.
After the lecture, during which it was pointed out that many concerns were not using welding equipment to the best advantage for repairs, new methods of welding and of reclaiming what, in peace-time, would be considered unusable parts were shown at Glasgow Corporation's bus repair depot at Larkfield Garage.
DISTRIBUTION OF PETROLEUM BOARD PROFITS
THE Minister of Fuel and Power was asked in the House of Commons last Week how, and generally to whom, the profits made' by the Petroleum Board were distributed,
Major Lloyd George stated that ,the profits made by the Petroleum Board were distributed among the companies which were members of the Board on a basis agreed among themselves.
WOMEN TO DRIVE DARLINGTON TROLLEYBUSES
DARLINGTON Transport ComMittee has approved the employment of womr trolleybus drivers, and' the transport manager, Mr. W. J. H. Penman, has been authorized to train theip. The corporation uses singledeck trolleybuses.
MORE "CAT'S-EYE" REFLECTORS WANTED
T0 lessen the difficulties of drivers of lorries and buses in the black-out, it-was suggested in the House last week that local authorities responsibfe for maintaining well-used roads should be advised that the white lines in their centres should be studded at regular intervals with " cats' eyes."
1)1r. Noel-Baker replied that aids to movement in the black-out, includirp. those referred to, were used to the maximum extent . permitted by the available supplies of the materials from which they were Made.
MILK GOES SOUR THROUGH TRANSPORT SHORTAGE LACK of transport facilities was Liblamed, at a meeting of Seaton Valley (Northumberland) Urban Council, by the medical officer, for milk going sour too soon. It was stated that a long time often elapsed between the time the milk left the farms and arrived on the breakfast table. An inquiry is to be held by the county health and agricultural committee.
MAIL DRIVERS WIN SAFEDR IVING AWARDS THREE Royal Mail drivers have 1 beenpresented with awards at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, by Mr. A. Scott, postmaster. Mr. William Hogg received the gold medal and bar for driving 10 years without being involved in an accident, Mr. John Wallace got the third bar to his silver medal for completipig eight years' accident-free driving, and Mr. William Gray his third diploma foresafe driving.