" B " Grant Could Set Free " A " Capacity
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BYgranting the B-licence variation sought by the applicant, capacity on his special A-licence vehicles would be set free for other work, Mr. W. P. James, West Midland Licensing Authority, said at Hanley last Friday. Without calling on the objectors, the British Transport Commission, Mr. James refused an application by Mr. G. H. Nixon, of Wolstanton, to vary the conditions of a B-licence vehicle by adding "Goods for S.M.S. Tiles, Ltd, as required."
Mr. James described the application as "very substantial." Certified figures were absent and the applicant's evidence, he added, was evasive.
Mr. Nixon said three vehicles on special A licence and one on an unlimited B licence were working mainly for S.M.S. Tiles, Ltd. There was a large demand for small loads for shop display and odd fireplaces to be carried direct to retail customers. These items did not constitute a paying load for the long-distance vehicles.' The B-licence vehicle was engaged on local work.
Mr. G. C. Tinsdill, for the applicant, said small loads of fireplaces had been delayed for as long as 14 days until full loads could be made up. S.M.S. Tiles were old-established and substantial customers.
A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE
"A PPARENTLY in the eyes of the (-I Left Wing it is not waste to have uneconomic railway facilities, even though the march of technological progress has signalled that for some purposes their day is past, but it is waste to have a flexible and efficient road haulage industrywhich exactly fits the needs of modern commerce and industry," Mr. J. Theobald, chairman of West London Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, said at Hounslow last Friday.
If road transport were renationalized, he added, the nation would be deprived of an important means for raising productivity and checking inflation. Britain would be handicapped in relation to nations such as the United States and Western Germany, which were turning increasingly to road transport.
PEGASO-VIBERTI VENTURE
INTEGRAL passenger vehicles are being I built by Officine Viberti, Turin, Italy, with Spanish Pegaso engines and running units. Coaches and city buses are to be produced. The standard power unit is a Pegaso V-6 120 b.h.p. oil engine. The construction of the new vehicles follows the normal Viberti Monotral pattern. and the bodies have an overall length of 32 ft. 6 in.
LORRY BAN AT YORK? rOLLOWING an appeal by the Dean
of York, proposals for banning heavy traffic from the vicinity of York Minster are being considered by the city council. The Dean has warned that unless six roads are closed to lorries further damage will be caused to the Minster's fabric through vibration.