• Cross - subsidization of bus services is condemned in a new
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book by Mr. G. Ponsonby; he believes Traffic Commissioners should stop supporting this course. Ile also advocates the splitting up of London Transport and thinks new services and new capital should be allowed to compete for passengers. The book is Transport Policy: Coordination through Competition and is published as an Institute of Economic Affairs paper. price 7s 6d.
• John Smith, coach proprietors of Dalton, Thirsk, may receive a subsidy of up to £500 for this year to ensure the future of bus services in this rural area.The subsidy would be shared by the North Riding County Council and Thirsk Rural Council, which approved the subsidy last week_ • In the first nine months of this year Bedford truck exports were higher than in any year except 1961. A total of 33,965 commercials were exported between January and September—a 46 per cent increase over 1968.