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A N application for a B licence for a
9-tonner, to carry coal and building materials within 50 miles, made by John Smith and Sons (Edinburgh), Ltd., coal merchants, was refused by Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, at Edinburgh, last week.
Mr. J. B. T. Loudon, for the company, and Mr. Wilson, managing director, spoke of the changing pattern of coal transport. The large tipper, which had been employed to carry bulk coal for customers, had carried 12,000 tons per year, but that figure had been halved because of competition from oil fuel, This presented the company with the problem of the employment of an unused vehicle.
Customers had requested transport of road and building materials, and the application aimed at authorization of this traffic. Mr. Field, representing Charles Macklin and Co., said that the large tipper could uplift their quota of bricks, and evidence of other work was submitted.
Mr. Quin refused the application, however. He pointed out that the evidence did not indicate any inconvenience, and that it was insufficient for the large vehicle offered.
M.I.R.A. WIND TUNNEL READY
AS forecast in the May 6, 1960, issue of The Commercial Motor, in an article dealing with the activities of the Motor Industry Research Association, the full-scale wind tunnel was in operation, at Lindley, last week, during three open days. Visitors were surprised, however, when they were allowed to inspect the quarter-size tunnel in a partially finished state.
In the laboratory sections of the display, advance details were given of experiments to be conducted into vehicle suspension systems by use of an electronic computer. Visitors were also able to see work in connection with vehicle-noise research. A "star turn" amongst the mobile exhibits was a Midland "Red" C.M.5 high-speed coach, which was lapping the outer circuit at speeds approaching 80 m.p.h.
FINE FOR BEATING FUEL CRISIS
FOR failing to comply with licence restrictions and not causing accurate records to be kept, three brothers, who own a haulage business, were fined a total of £185, atHeanor, Derbys, last week.
It was alleged by Mr. R. S. Whitby, prosecuting, that the brothers, John, Frederick and William Dunn, Hillside Garage, Langley Mill, Derbys, infringed the terms of their licences by carrying coal to Birmingham during a fuel crisis last winter.
Mr. A. C. G. Rothera, who appeared for the defendants, explained that during the winter there was great urgency regarding the movement of coal to gas boards, and, under the pressure of this urgency, they sent their vehicles with coal to Birmingham.