Coal Hauliers Went Outside Radius
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A FINE of £39, with £4 4s. advocate's rA fee, was imposed at Heanor, last week, on C. Clower and Sons, Ltd., Marshall Street, Nottingham, for failing to comply with the conditions of their B licence. Mr. R. Seely Whitby, prosecuting, said the company were restricted to a radius of 50 miles from Nottingham and on 39 occasions had carried coal to a power station at Manchester, nine miles outside their limit. They had a National Coal Board contract to carry coal from the Nottingham and Mansfield area collieries to Buxton. They agreed to help deliver coal to the power station, not realizing that Manchester was outside the radius. For the defence, it was stated that the offences took place between January I and March 11, at a time when the company were extremely busy, Wrong had been done " in all innocence."
PARISH COUNCILS DEPLORE RURAL BUS CUTS
A RESOLUTION deploring the reduc tion in rural bus services was approved by Yorkshire Parish Councils' Association at their annual meeting in York. Members complained that the licensing system was "hide-bound with red tape by the Traffic Commissioners." They urged that 10or 12-seater vehicles should be allowed to operate in country districts. In their resolution, they complained of "the futility of trying to get bus companies to restore or even partly restore services.If larger companies could not cope, the regulations should be relaxed to assist small operators, they said. The local man knew his passengers' needs, and could run his services economically when big companies would lose money.