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• Cattle Haulier Offers to Run at a Loss
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A LTHOUGH they realized that carry ATh cattle from north-east Scotland to Glasgow would be a losing proposition, John C. Harper and Co., Ltd., Echt, Aberdeenshire, were willing to take on the traffic "to oblige a customer." This was stated at Aberdeen, last week, when they asked for a B licence to cover the work.
Mr. Andrew Barron, of A. and W. Barron, Aberdeen, wholesale and retail butchers, said Harper's did most of their haulage, but at present cattle were shipped to Glasgow during the summer when prices fluctuated. It would be more convenient if Harper's could do the whole run, instead of unloading at the Aberdeen railhead. Harper's earned about £1,000 a year from Barron's, and the work to Glasgow would mean an extra £200.
Replying to Mr. A. Brown, for British Railways, Mr. Barron agreed that there were other hauliers providing a service to Glasgow, but said it would be more convenient to use Harper's. Mr. Denis Harper said in evidence that he had no intention of seeking back-loads in Glasgow, except cattle for his own farms on occasion. He knew that by running light on most journeys he would work at a loss, but it was to oblige a customer.
Mr. Brown submitted that if the application were granted, traffic would be abstracted from British Railways. Mr. Alex Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, reserved his decision.
NO INVIDIOUS COMPARISON• 1rN a.n article entitled "Bulk Transport • 'Idea Pays Off" (The Commercial Motor, February 21), a reference was made to an E.R.F. eight-wheeled tanker with a Rolls-Royce oil engine. This has been used on a regular run over some of the most difficult roads in the country, and it was suggested that this power unit gave greater reliability than the engine normally fittcd to the E.R.F.
This was not intended to convey any reflection on the latter engine, for, as the operator has pointed out, the comparison was between one engine giving 150 b.h.p. and the other developing only 112 b.h.p.; it was solely because of its greater power that the unit under test might be considered preferable on such a difficult route. • MANN EGERTON PURCHASE
ON April 1, W. H. Johnson and Sons, Ltd.. of King's Lynn, Wisbech and Hunstanton, will become a subsidiary of Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd. Johnson's share capital is to be purchased by Mann Egerton, whose King's Lynn branch and Austin agency will continue.
E100,000 BRIDGE GRANT?
IT is considered likely that the Minister
of Transport will' make a £100,000 grant for a new bridge across the River Dee at Queensferry. It will facilitate traffic between north-west England and Wales and will be 80 ft. wide overall.
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