Two Days' Struggle Over a Trailer
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APROTEST against railway objection to a trailer being authorized for Swain and Co., .Ltd., Manchester, was made by Mr. T. M. Backhouse, for the applicant, at a sitting of the-NorthWestern Deputy Licensing Authority, in Manchester, on Monday.
" We have managed to spend two days," he said, " on one small trailer." It was a case to which the railway need not have objected at all, because it merely balanced up a" lop-sided " fleet.
Railway evidence showed loss of traffic of the type catriecl hy the applicant -between Manehester and Hull, and the objection to the trailer was that it released a smaller motor for work Of a More competitive nature. Mr. P. Kershaw, for the-railways, submitted that
the symmetry of a .fleet was not a ground for a grant.
Sir William Hart, Deputy Licensing Authority: "Do you contend that I must not take that into consideration? "
Mr. Kershaw: " He wants to make his fleet more effective by the addition of a:trailer. There is no evidence why these goods should not go by rail. I have proved that. other commercially suitable services exist which are under Mr. Backhouse .replied that the cumulative effect ..of all the appeal decisions quoted was that the Licensing Authority must not be hide-bound, but use common sense.
Sir. William Hart promised an early decision. ' When Mr. Robert Gilbert, The Cross, Crieff, applied to the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority for a B licence in respect of a C-licence vehicle, he stated that people in Criefi had to go to Perth —a distance of 18 miles—for a lorry for removals. A railway company objected.
Mr. Gilbert said that he did not consult his legal adviser when he originally.applied for a C licence (instead of B licence), and agreed that this was the cause of the trouble. Repeatedly he had been asked to carry out removals, but he could hire only an open lorry.
A licence covering a radius of 50 miles north and west and 15 miles east and south was granted.
Trunk Haulier's Expansion.
Orrell and Brewster, Ltd., the large Newcastle and Manchester longdistance road-transport concern, is opening an additional garage, covering 10,600 sq. ft., on the North-Eastern Trading Estate at Team Valley, Gates
head. In an interview, Mr. F. H.
Orrell, managing director, said his company felt that there was every prospect of a good increase in business, as many inquiries and definite orders for longdistance haulage had been received, especially from the heavy machinery trade.
Conciliation Board Gives Evidence.
The . Government Committee of Inquiry on wages and conditions in the goods-transport industry met yesterday (Thursday) to receive evidence from the National Joint Conciliation Board.
Shipping Guide for Hauliers.
Theofollowing is the number of ships arriving at the London docks, wharvcws and jetties named, from February 19-27 inclusive : —Doors : King George V, 6; Royal Albert, 4; Royal Victoria, 6; Surrey Commercial, 5; East India, 1; West India, 1; South-West India, 3; Tilbury, 7; Tilbury Stage, 4; Millwall, 5; Royal, 2; London, 4. WHARVES: Hay's, 4; Middleton's 1; Tilbury Jetty, 1; Regent's Canal, 1.
DENMARK BUYS BRITISH TROLLEYBUSES.
Orders for the first six-wheeled trolleybuses to be used in Denmark have been placed with Britigh manufacturers. The Copenhagen Tram Co. has ordered five trolleybus chassis, and the North Zealand Tram Co, seven chassis from Leyland Motors, Ltd., and the General Electric Co., Ltd., whilst the Odense Tram Co. has ordered six A.E.C.-English Electric trolleybuses.
It is understood that other Danish towns are to follow this lead.
Death of Capt. M. Payne.
We regret to report the death of Capt. M. Payne, I.Mech .E M.I.A.E., M.S.A.E., chairman of the British Thermostat Co., Ltd. He was, for many years, intimately associated with the motor industry and was always to be seen at the various trials held by the War Department. He served throughout the war as an officer in the R.A.S.C., and acted as technical assistant to the Chief Inspector of Motor Transport, G.H.Q., France.