20 m.p.tf. Limit an Anachronism
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AN attack on the retention of the 20 m.p.h. speed limit was made in the House of Lords, last week, by Lord Lucas of Chilworth, a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. He said that this was an anachronism which forced manufacturers to build down to a weight and to make one vehicle to suit the home market and another for export.
Despite the limit, there was not one lorry over 3 tons unladen weight that travelled at only 20 m.p.h. on the roads to-day. -When the question of removing the restriction was raised, Ministers Of Transport said'iliat they were convinced of the rightness of the matter, but 'felt that the time was not opportune. If makers were allowed to build one model of vehicle to suit both British and overseas markets, production costs would drop by 10 per cent.
RAN FIRM WITH COMMISSION TO OWNER
ANapplicant for a B licence for three vehicles to carry solid fuel, road and building material, plant, machinery and agricultural produce within a 15-mil; radius of Carlisle, was stated before the Northern Licensing Authority, last week, to have taken over a business and to have used the vehicles in the name of the original owner, paying him ,a commission.
Mr. S. W. Yelloly said that Mr. T. A. Hodgson, the applicant, had controlled Lochinvar Motor Services, Carlisle, since 1951, with a view to taking them over. This was a case where, with good intentions, there had been no legal arrangements for the transfer. Mr. Hodgson explained that he had been financially unable to take over the business when he joined it and so had paid a commission to the proprietor, Mr. D. A. Stewart.
The Authority granted the application subject to satisfactory evidence from Mr. Stewart of the transfer of the business and surrender of the licences.
SCOTTISH PAY RISE
DEPOT engineers and garage and maintenance foremen employed by the State-owned Scottish bus companies have been awarded a 10s. increase in their weekly pay. Approximately similar advances have been granted to certain clerical workers, inspectors and area officials.