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Overloaded Arties Causing Cross-pennine Hold-ups
FROM ASHLEY TAYLOR MANCHESTER, Wednesday. I NCREASINGLY sluggish traffic conditions on the 18-mile stretch of road over the Pennines by the Woodhead route are becoming the......
Minister Pledges Aid For Railways
A GOVERNMENT pledge to aid the I -1 railways to meet competition from road transport was given on Monday by Mr. Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport. Speaking in Manchester, he......
Novel Single-deckers For L.t.e.
T HREE • one-man-operated single-deck buses with separate entrance and exit have been delivered to London Transport and will come into service shortly on country routes. London......
More Pay For Ford Men
E MPLOYEES of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., are to receive wage increases of 3-31 per cent. For a 411-hour week skilled workers will receive 7s. 5d. an hour, and semi-skilled, 6s.......