Can B.T.C. Company Raise Fares ?
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IS Red and White Services, Ltd., a 'State-owned company, entitled to increase fares without permission from the Licensing Authority? This is one of the questions to be argued to-day before the Court of Appeal. As reported in "The Commercial Motor" last week, the British Transport Commission and Red and White Services, Ltd., were given .leave to appeal against a decision of the King's Bench Divisional Court,which ruled that the Licensing Authority had no jurisdiction to hear an application by the company to increase fares. In applying for leave to appeal, Mr. Lionel Heald, K.C., said the matter was urgent, as the Divisional Court's decision meant that some previous orders made by the Licensing Authority were illegal. It also implied that the company could raise fares without permission from the licensing Authority, but if the Divisional Court's ruling were wrong, the company could be prosecuted for-acting illegally.
NEW COACH STYLE BY TRANS-UNITED
THE first of a number of such vehicles L to be operated by Yelloway Motor Services, Ltd., an A.E.C. Regal Mk. IV underfloor-engined coach with bodywork by Trans-United Coachcraft, Ltd., Oldham Road, Rochdale, was recently exhibited at the Rochdale Trades Exhibition. A new style of bodywork has been diveloped by the bodybuilder. and the vehicle seats 39 passengers in great comfort. Luxury seats made by TransUnited are fitted, with a sprung armrest which permits two bulky passengers to sit side by side without discomfort. Overall dimensions of the vehicle are 30 ft. by 8 ft. It is understood that a number of these bodies is to be built for other operators and to be fitted on Leyland Royal Tiger chassis.
S.A. WANTS BATTERY-ELECTRIC PAA CALL for tenders for the supply of a 1-ton battery-electric chassis has been issued by Durban Corporation Electricity Department, Alice Street, Durban. The chassis is to be supplied with cab, batteries and control gear, and the Department will adapt it as a tower wagon. The vehicle should be capable of climbing occasional gradients of 1 in 6. Tenders should be submitted by April 6.
LATEST SEATING ON SHOW
LATEST developments in coach and bus seating were exhibited in London last week at a private show arranged by the Bus Seat Frame Association. Examples of the standardized range of tubular seat frames and cushion arrangements manufactured by the members of the Association were displayed. A new development for holding the seat cushion in position, the " Cushlocator," was also exhibited. In this design. two rubber rings are fixed flush with the base-board of the cushion and pass over and are secured
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by two steel bollards on the seat frame. Symmetrically arranged so that the cushion can be replaced easily, the device prevents rattle. Cushions can quickly be removed, replaced, passed through a cleaning machine or stacked. The members of the Association are Accles and Pollock, Ltd., Deans and Sons (Yorkshire), Ltd., I.W.H.T.. Ltd. (Siddatl and Hilton), and G. D. Peters and Co„ Ltd.
NEW ACRU FINGER TOOL
ANEW product of the Acru Electric Tool Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Manchester, 12, is a ring spanner which clips on to the finger, so that nuts can be held in position in awkward places. A similar tool takes the form of a pair of tweezers.
R.A.C. HANDBOOK ON SALE 7"HE 1951 edition of the Royal Auto". mobile Club Guide and Handbook, now on sale, contains a coloured map
section of 32 pages. There are street plans of 71 towns, showing by-passes and through routes, and other sections deal with steamship services, ferries and tolls.
The publication costs Si. 6d.. or 3s. 6d. to R.A.C. members, and can be obtained from 1?..A.C. headquarters or county offices.