Combating Strike Effects in the North. Road transport proved its
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value in the north country during the first days of the railway strike. So far as passenger conveyance was concerned, the various motorbus undertakings in Northumberland and Durham materially assisted businesses and worksestablishments by ensuring that employees reached their destinations. Specially augmented set vices from all outlying districts, as wed as other services radiating from Tyneside and Wearside were operated by the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., whilst similarly, in the Ashington and Blyth districts and in the county of Durham, the United Automobile Ser• vices; Ltd., rendered excellent assistance by instituting road services to augment the somewhat scanty and irregular train gervices which the railways were able to provide. • In order to cater for longer. distance passengers this company pat into operation a special service between Durham, Ferryhill and Darlington. On the goods side, too, motors played a very important part throughout the district in question, in the way of maintaining food and milk supplies, whilst from Hartlepool fish supplies were delivered to a wide area by means of motors, a duty usually undertaken by the railway.