Mr, Nelson Supports Free Haulier
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wE must not have areas left without long-distance transport if the Road Haulage Executive cannot do it and will not grant a permit," declared the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, at a sitting in Carlisle.
Mr. D. W. Parker, of Slaggyford, applied for a variation of his B licence to enable him to carry goods within 60 miles of his base. He wanted to carry lime to Scotland and bring back straw, and take roadstone to Sellafield works and coal to Slaggyford quarries from Ashington.
Mr. C. Lyddon, of the Roadstone Corporation, and Mr. H. W. Lowe, of Slaggyford Limeworks, both gave evidence of occasions when they had had to call on British Road Services's vehicles at Carlisle for extra transport, but had still been unable to complete orders
Mr, F. B Stableford, for the Railway Executive, an objector, stated that there was no indication that the applicant would be granted a permit by the R.H.E.
Mr. Nelson : In other words, what I grant doesn't really matter?" He had no doubt that the R.H.E. would have to advise the grant of a permit, and said that he would report the matter to the Executive, so that it would not stultify his grant of the application.
RETREADERS' BIGGEST BOOST
WITH the discovery of what rubber W technologists call accelerators, the process of vulcanization as it affects the retreading of a tyre has completely changed. This one discovery was probably responsible for giving the tyreretreading industry its greatest single uplift. The addition of accelerators to a rubber mix enabled such small amounts of sulphur to be used that it was all consumed in the vulcanizing process. Accelerators could also be used to give .shorter cures at lower temperatures, increased resistance to abrasion, and higher tensile strength.
These facts were revealed by Cdr. J. H. F. Kent, president of the Retread Manufacturers' Association, in an address which he gave in London, last week, to the educational society of Industrial Transport Association.
When it came about that the laboratory could accurately simulate the behaviour of a tyre in service, one of the most important advances in tyre making and retreading would have been reached, he said.
I.O.T.A. ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THE annual conference of the Institute of Traffic Administration will be held at the Grand Hotel, Manchester, from May 25-27. The annual general meeting will take place on the first day, after which a paper will be read.
The programme for the following day includes the reading of a paper and a visit to a transport installation. The annual dinner wilt take place in the evening.