Vehicles Worked Round Clock
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rHE Tribunal reserved their decision in an appeal by five independent haulage perators in the South Wales traffic area gainst a granting by the Western Icensing Authority of an additional aree vehicles for the carriage of steel
the fleet of G. Read (Transport), Ltd., licheldene, Gloucestershire.
Mr. C. R. Beddington, for G. Read, .td., said that the Authority had stated 'hen he gave his decision that he had orne in mind that G. Read, Ltd., had een carrying steel from South Wales pr 12 years. Their vehicles had been ally employed, judging from the receipts er vehicle per year, and there had been n increase in their earnings.
These high earnings had been mainxined under a great strain. The kuthority said he did not like to hear f vehicles working round the clock as hey had been doing in their case. He /as sure it was not in the interests of lublic safety and the maintenance of the elides. He could not imagine that .nyone would resort to that unless bsolutely obliged to.
The Authority had said he was satisfied here was a delay in the clearing of loads rom Richard Thomas and Baldwins, and re felt there was room not only for leitish Railways and British Road :ervices but for the independent operators s well. VEHICLE STANDARDIZATION
THE International Road Transport Union decided at a meeting in Baden-Baden this month to form a working party for the study of European co-operation and standardization in the field of goods vehicle trailers and semitrailers.
The I.R.U. is interested in particular in standardization of brake and lighting systems and connections between vehicle and trailer and tractive unit and semitrailer.
FARES FOR PRAMS EEDS CORPORATION Transport Ii Committee have turned down a suggestion by the Municipal Passenger Transport Association Regional Fares Committee that charges for carrying perambulators ind push chairs on buses should be increased. The proposal is that the charges should be half adult fare, but Leeds will continue with a flat rate of 2d.