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Seven-hour Ban on Waiting in London

23rd July 1954, Page 35
23rd July 1954
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LOAD1NG and unloading during a I—, period of seven hours each day are to be banned over stretches of road much longer than 45 ft. at five important traffic intersections in London. Waiting is to be prohibited for various periods at five other vital points.

The experiment is to be tried for six months. It will be reviewed after three months. The number of sites affected will be smaller than originally proposed. The Commissioners of Police will undertake the experiment and hope to begin in the autumn.

All vehicles will be prohibited from loading and unloading at the following times and .places:— SERVICE CUTS BECAUSE OF STAFF SHORTAGES rEN buses and six trams are to be L withdrawn from morning and teaaie short-period working because of aff shortages, Leeds Transport Cornittee have decided. Mr. A. B. Findlay, tneral manager of the undertaking, has ported that more vehicles might have be taken off if the staff position teriorated.

The undertaking is 160 below the Lablishment of 2,260 platform staff. )1iday or sick leave and Territorial mps at this time of the year aggravate situation. No large-scale cutting of vices is now possible. A recruiting npaign conducted in cinemas two trs ago proved successful, but a recent e has not.

B.S.M. HAS TAUGHT 1m. TO DRIVE IN Monday, Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd, 'Minister of Transport, congratuThe British School of Motoring its achievement of having trained pupils to drive since the driving was introduced by the Government 934. The occasion was a luncheon elebrate this milestone in the history of the school, which was founded in 1910 by the present chairman and managing director, Mr. C. H. Roberts.

Miss D. McCann, assistant managing director, speaking for Mr. Roberts, who has been ill, said that during the 1939-45 war the whole organization was devoted to training members of the Forces: now it had been rebuilt and had 80 branches throughout the country. Many transport managers now asked the B.S.M. to conduct . check tests of existing and potential drivers.

SUSPENSION MEANS 1100 DAILY LOSS THE suspension of his licence by the West Midland Licensing Authority, reported in The Commercial Motor last week, means the loss to Mr. Henry J. Partridge (Bantam Coaches), 158 Walgrave Road, Coventry, of £100 a day. The Authority acted because the vehicle allowance had been exceeded.

Mr. Partridge is collecting signatures to a petition of protest against the suspension and has written to the Minister of Transport and his M.P.

An Erdington operator who has been refused a licence to run to Margate is to hire his vehicles to another concern, which possesses the necessary licence, in an effort to meet obligations to his customers. He has lodged an appeal.

KENDAL VEHICLES SWELL BARROW " POOL " WHEN Mr. A. Bailey, deputy superinVV tendent of the Barrow depot of British Road Services, opposed an application by Messrs. Vickers Bros., Askam, before the North Western Licensing Authority last week, he said that he had eight tippers not fully employed, and that local facilities had expanded as the result of the transfer into the area of the vehicles of the B.R.S. Kendal depot, which had been sold as a unit.

Messrs. Vickers successfully applied to extend their radius from 20-60 miles, but failed to' gain permission to carry return loads.

Latest Northern

OF 11 vehicles (54 tons 6 cwt.) purchased by E. W. Younger Storage Co., Ltd., Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, six (23 tons 11 cwt.) have been assigned to B. and M. Transport (Northern), Ltd., Pipewellgate, Gateshead, one (6 tons 17 cwt.) to Mr. T. Longhorn, 103 Church Road, Low Fell, Gateshead, and four (23 tons 18 cwt.) to J. M. Burgess, Ltd., 42 Billy Mill Avenue, North Shields.

Mr. 'E. A. Moffatt appears again as the assignor of seven articulated vehicles (24 tons 161, cwt.) to Tower Hill Transport Co. (Boston Stevedores, Ltd.), The Docks, Boston, Lincs. The vehicles are based at Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Other purchases announced by the Northern Licensing Authority this week are by W. Coxon, Ltd., 46 Granville Avenue, Annfield Plain, of three

Big Rise in Exports and Output OVERSEAS trade In the first half of this year was marked by an increase in shipments of engineering products, notably motor vehicles, states a Board of Trade survey published on Tuesday. Exports of commercial vehicles rose slightly to £21m, a month. but chassis at £3m. a month showed an increase of Ulm, compared with 1953. The main reason was bigger trade with Australasia.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders amplified the Board of Trade report. Output of commercial vehicles in the first six months of the year at 128,000 was 9,000 higher than in the comparable period of 1953. Exports rose by 13,600 to 66,000.

Australia was the best market. Higher sales were also made in South Africa, Portugal, New Zealand and Holland. The number of commercial vehicles sold in various markets and respective earnings were: Australia, 15,818 (15.3m.); South Africa, 4,486 (£2.9m.); British West Africa, 3,135 (E2m.); New Zealand, 3,921 (£1.7m.); British East Africa, 2,423 (£1.5m.); Belgium, 2,121 (£1.4m.); Denmark, 3,146 (£1.3m.); Eire, 3,574 (£1.2m.); Holland, 2,452 (£1.2m.); Portugal, 1,211 (Ulm.); other countries, 23,299 (£16.3m.).

Weekly output averaged 4,931 and the percentage exported 51.4.

STAFFORD WIN CUP THE Stafford Group of British Road 1 Services have won the Walker Cup for maintenance, operational efficiency and cleanliness. They were runners-up in 1952 and 1953. The cup is awarded annually by B.R.S.

£1,200 A YEAR SAVED

BY using a lorry instead of three horses to collect rubbish in the Royal Parks, £1,200 a year would be saved, Sir David Eccles said in the House of Commons on Monday.

Unit Purchases

vehicles _(15 tons 6f cwt.); Teesside Carriers, Ltd., Church Road, Stockton, live (29 tons); Mr. J. Sparks, Quarry House, Marden Road, Whitley Bay, one (2 tons 181 cwt.); Mr. W. E. Crosthwaite (J. W. Hodgson), Spencer Street, Carlisle, two (101 tons) assigned by Mr. T. Johnston, Ivy Green, Gilcrux, Aspatria; Aycliffe Transport Services, Ltd., Valley Street North, Darlington, two (10 tons 111 cwt.) assigned by Mr. T. A. Metcalfe, Blackwell Grange Farm, Darlington; Johnston Bros. (Gilcrux), Ltd., Solway House, Gilcrux, two (10 tons 151 cwt.) assigned by Mr. T. Johnston, and Econofreight Transport, Ltd., Dunstall Road, Wolverhampton, eight articulated outfits (33 tons 191 cwt.) and three rigid vehicles (11 tons 131 cwt.) assigned by Tarslag, Ltd.

(See also pages 782-783.)


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