Vain Valuation Bid by E. Elf. S.
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AN appeal by East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., against a local Valuation Court decision that their central workshop at Hull Road, Anlaby Common, should be assessed as nonindustrial at a gross value of £1,750 was dismissed by the Lands Tribunal in a reserved decision announced in London.
Sir William Fitzgerald, the tribunal president, said two kinds of work were done on the premises—the manufacture and reconditioning of parts and units of vehicles, and the repair and overhaul of them. He said that looking at the hereditament as a whole and what went on in it, it could scarcely be doubted that its main purpose was the maintenance of a fleet of 242 buses. He went on, "The conclusion I have drawn from the evidence is that some reconstruction does take place, but it is entirely subsidiary to the main purposes of the hereditament which are those of repairing and reconditioning."
For these reasons the appeal would be. dismissed and the appellants would pay the respondent valuation officer's cost —if not agreed, to be taxed by the Registrar of the Tribunal on the High Court scale.
• MINISTER REJECTS .APPEAL BY PATON BROS. 'THOUGH they agree that restrictive I conditions attached to public serVice vehicles generally are irritating and should be avoided, the Minister of Transport has dismissed an appeal by Paton Bros., Ltd., against the decision of the Scottish Traffic Commissioners refusing to vary the conditions attached to a service between Paisley and Glasgow. Paton Bros. sought the removal of the. condition at an inquiry in Glasgow on November 9, last. The condition read: "A passenger shall not on the same journey both be taken up and set down on that part of the route lying between Paisley (St. James Street) and Broadloan at its junction with Sandy Road, both
points included." , The Minister notes that his decision will result in some passengers still having to walk the distance separating the St. James Street area from the terminus of the Renfrew/Paisley services. They share the Commissioners' hope that further consultations between the operators concerned will yield a solution, in the general public interest.
L.T.E. ,MEN IN CEYLON IN answer to a request from the Ceylon 'Transport Board, .a four-man team from the London Transport Executive has travelled to Colombo to advise on the reorganization of garages, workshops, stores sections and repair units.
The team is led by Mr. R. D. Gillanders, divisional engineer, who, with Mr. F. W: Claydon, divisional supplies assistant, will stay for six months. Mr. W. C. Cooper and Mr. G. E. D.. Heifer, of the department of the chief mechanical engineer (road services), are expected to he in Ceylon for a year.