Currency of Licence Can be Shortened
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IF •he thinks it desirable in order to I arrange a suitable and convenient programme of work, a Licehsing Authority may grant a licence for a shortened currency period. A proviso to this effect was included in the Goods Vehicles (Duration of Carriers' Licences) Provisional Regulations, 1938, and is confirmed in the Goods Vehicles (Licences and .Prohibitions) Regulations, 1952, which came into force on April 1.
This point is made clear by the Transport [Appeal] Tribunal in its written decision on the appeal of A. Fletchee and Co., Ltd., against the refusal of the West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority to add six vehicles to a B licence for the carriage of solid fuel. There were 12 respondents. The case was reported in "The Commercial Motor" on March 28, but the written decision was not issued until this week.
The Deputy Licensing Authority wished to review, at the end of November next, the licensing position in his area concerning the available road haulage facilities for the carriage of coal. He was under the impression that he could not grant a full licence for less than a year, consequently, he issued only a three-month short-term licence.
In its written decision, the Tribunal points out his error and says that the addition of six vehicles to a 11 licence, shortened in currency to enable the Deputy Licensing Authority to make his review at the end of November, was justified.
NEW JOURNEY RECORDER
ANEW type of journey recorder has been introduced by Rotherham Recorders, Ltd., Swan House, Hotwell Road, Bristol, 8. It records running, " tick-over " and idle times in seven separate straight lines, one for each day of the week, on a rectangular chart which may be torn off at the end of the week. Six months' supply of charts is contained in one filling.
The machine, which also gives an indication of the time, is compact and can be fixed by three screws. Inside there is a stylus, operated by an eightday clock, which moves across the chart to describe a thin line when the vehicle is standing idle, a medium line when standing still-with the engine running, and a bold line when moving.
The weekly charts are of particular value in the wages office, for they indicate the amount of overtime worked. Entirely of British design, the recorder may be seen at the. British Industries Fair at Birmingham from May 5-16.
40 YEARS OF BECLAWAT
LAST week Beckett, Laycock and Watkinson, Ltd., celebrated its 40th birthday. The original workshop had a door area of 950 sq. ft., but the three fattories in which Beclawat windows, sliding-door gear, patent glazing materials and other products are now made cover a total of 117,000 sq. ft. Two of the factories are at Harlesden, London, N.W.10, and the third is at Caversham, Berks.