Exceeded 25 miles : £71 Fines •
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" A N extraordinary prosecution ". was how Mr. .1'. H. Campbell Ward law, defending, described sum• monses heard last week against three hauliers for contraventions of the
25-mile limit. Newcastle on Tyne magistrates imposed fines totalling £71 upon Messrs. William Storey, James Reed (Transport), Ltd., and General Haulage (Lemington), Ltd.
Mr. 1. L. R. Croft, prosecuting, said that the breaches of the law had been investigated by the Northern Licensing Authority following the receipt of complaints. The offences had been committed in deliberate and flagrant disregard of licence conditions, the prosecution submitted. • Mt. Wardlaw denied that there had been any Wilful evasion of the law, He said that if the Transport 'Bill • went through, there would be no chance of similar prosecutions taking place.
N.C.B. DRIVERS THREAT A THREAT to stop deliveries of .1-1 miners' concessionary coal from December 31 Was made, this Week, by 300 drivers and loaders of the National Coal Board. They claimed to be placed on the same basis as miners in the matters of pensions and concessionary coal. The men; who are members of the Transport and General Workers' Union in the Bolton area, are understood to represent 1200 employees.
NO SUPPORT FOR CHANGE
APROPOSAL by Walsall Town Council to replace motorbuses on the circular Walsall-Darlaston-Wednesbury route by trolleybuscs is not to be supported by Wednesbury Town Council • and Darlaston Urban District Council.