"Sheerness" Appeal on Monday
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ON Monday, the Transport Tribunal will hear in London appeals by 18 hauliers against the South Eastern Licensing Authority's grant of an A licence for 11 articulated vehicles and four lorries to be based at the Sheerness depot of British Road Services.
In his decision (The Commercial 1401or, January 13) the Authority said that he was granting the licence although no case had been made out. He did so in the interests of I:I.R.S. customers, to replace 15 vehicles in a unit that had been sold.
The Road Haulage Association, who regard it as a test case, are backing the appeals.
WALLACE ARNOLD BUY KIPPAX COMPANY XPANDING still further, Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., have acquired Kippax and District Motor Co., Ltd., at an undisclosed price. Kippax and District have a depot and six vehicles and hold licences for stage and express services and excursions and tours.
Mr. Robert Barr, chairman of Wallace Arnold, said the company would continue to run as before, but there would be a full development of excursions and other specialized services.
With this purchase, Wallace Arnold now have 14 subsidiary companies_ NEW REAR LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
REAR lighting equipment designed to meet the requirements of the regulations which are to come into force on October 1, is now available from James Neale and Sons, Ltd., Graham Street, Birmingham, I, makers of the Raydyot range.
For lorries and vans there is the Beacon stop-tail lamp embodying a 4I-in.-diameter replaceable ribbed lens. There are two independently wired 6W. bulbs. and the lamp is supplied complete with brackets for fl 2s.
Also suitable for lorries and vans, as well as public service vehicles, is an oblong lamp, with a lens area of 12+ sq. in., with two bulbs for stop and tail lights. This retails at £1 5s.
A roof parking light, showing white to the front and red to the rear, is available at I6s.
NEW INTERNATIONAL RANGE
THE V-line is the name given to a new range of heavy-duty vehicles recently introduced by the International Harvester Co., of America. Included in the range are normal-control and cab-over-engine four-wheeled and sixwheeled models of gross vehicle weights ranging from 20,000 lb. to 50,000 lb.
Introduced at the same time were three new V8 engines. the V-401 developing 206 b.h.p., the V-461 (a 226 b.h.p. unit) and the V-549, which gives 257 b.h.p,
• Sliding Doors for Double-deckers
A POWER-OPERATED double slid
ing door has been used to enclose the rear platform of a Guy double-deck bus with Park Royal highbridge body which Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., last week introduced on the BrightonEastbourne route.
Known as the Southlanco, the door is made by East Lancashire Coach Builders, Ltd., and has been installed by Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd.
A C.A.V. electric motor drives the panels through chains. They are geared so that the rear panel travels faster than the front one, and both start and stop simultaneously. The panels run on roller bearings along two parallel tracks and slide into a pocket between the side of the body and the longitudinal seat squab. They take 3 sec. to open and 4 sec. to close.
The new door is also used by Bradford and Darwen Corporations, and by the Bamber Bridge Motor Service, Preston. It has been evolved from a mechanism employed in 30 Southdown single-deckers in 1953, and it has glass windows in the lower half, as well as in the upper section.