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Suspensions at Birmingham

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12th November 1965

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Page 66, 12th November 1965 — Suspensions at Birmingham

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TRANSPORTER FIRM HAD 22 PROHIBITIONS

WHILE dealing with a Coventry car VT delivery firm at a Section 178 inquiry at Birmingham on Monday. the West Midland LA, Mr. J. Else, said he wished the Ministry of Labour's industrial dispute trouble-shooter (Mr. Jack Scamp) could take a look at the firm.

He had heard from Mr. R. J. Spring, general manager of Canley Car Deliveries Ltd., of the difficulties ia obtaining mechanics. He had offered as much as 10s. 6d. an hour for skilled men. One of his drivers was a qualified fitter but could not be persuaded to leave the road. The firm's drivers were paid 8s. an hour plus fringe benefits.

Mr. Else commented: "I doubt whether Mr. Scamp is going to get down to this level, but it is a pity he cannot have a kick at the situation here."

The inquiry was told that a Ministry inspection of the firm's fleet of 20 A-licensed vehicles, made up of 30 units, resulted in 22 prohibitions, nine of them immediate. A six weeks' suspension on two vehicles was imposed. .

The vehicle examiner concerned said that when he made his fleet examination in June, there was no regular inspection of Canley's vehicles on a time or mileage schedule. There was no inspection pit or ramp and the maintenance staff consisted of a fitter and a youth.

Mr. C. W. Ward. a director of Canley Car Deliveries, had said at a previous hearing that the firm was taken over by Maurice James Holdings Ltd. last November. It was realized soon afterwards that a considerable number of vehicles required replacing or overhauling. A two-phase replacement and overhaul programme was approved by the directors. Replacements alone would cost £24,000, he told the Court.

Mr. Spring said he took up his appointment as general manager in May this year with special instructions to ,put the fleet to rights and to organize a proper system of maintenance. The vehicles were now inspected every 20 to 24 days, which amounted to every 4,000 miles..

The advice given in the Ministry's pamphlet "Avoid GV9's " had been adopted and the replacement and overhaul of the fleet was well under way. However, there had been some difficulty caused by the late delivery of new transporters.

• Summing up, Mr. Else said that although the firm was taken over in November, the directors had failed to get to grips with the poor condition of the fleet by the beginning of June. "For one reason or another action was put off ", he added.

Mr. Else dealt with six other operators under Section 178. R. D. Tyler of Stourbridge failed to appear at the court when the LA considered the revocation or suspension of his C-licensed vehicle. Mr. Else said that this was the second time the -operator had failed to appear without explanation so he would give him the sharpest possible lesson by revoking his licence.

Other operators were dealt with as follows:— J. A. Samuel of Wolverhampton: one vehicle suspended for two months.

Whittaker Bros. (Rugby) Ltd, Hereford Dairies Ltd., Hereford, Kavenagh and Hyde Ltd., of Birmingham and R. Columbo, of Coventry, were all given warnings.