Logs Not Farm Produce
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IT was a technical breach of the law to .'carry logs for firewood in vehicles operated under a farmer's licence, Barton, Lincs, magistrates decided last week.
A farm worker was summoned for using a vehicle for a purpose for which a higher rate of duty was payable, and his father, as the owner of the vehicle, was charged with aiding and abetting. The father maintained that the transport of firewood was an agricultural purpose, as his son worked for him and employees were allowed to take home firewood as part of their remuneration.
For the defendants, Mr. W. Bains stated that it was permissible to carry produce of the farm, and the trees from which the logs were cut were products of the farm.
Defendants were given an absolute discharge.
OIL CHANGING EASED THE Swedish Aga forecourt oil 1 changer, which can remove a gallon of oil from a sump in 2 min., has been
introduced into Britain. The equip meat comprises a small pump weighing lb. which, by means of compressed air and a detachable rod, sucks up the oil and forces it into a waste drum. , The price of the equipment including trolley and drum, is £32 10s, Sole concessionnaires are Vanguard Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., 20 Piccadilly, London, W. 1.
HIGHER TYRE RATES
AN increase from 0.69d. to 0.7d. per vehicle-mile in the tyre-maintenance contract rates of the India Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., and the Dunlop Rubber Co. (Scotland), Ltd., with Glasgow Transport Department is likely to take effect from October 1.
CONDITIONS OF AUTOMATION DEDUCED hours, no redundancy, IA and higher basic pay are the conditions under which the unofficial Shop Stewards' Liaison Committee for the Motor Industry will accept the introduction of automatic transfer machines, it was stated at a meeting at Cowley, Oxford, last week-end.
GERMAN AIR-BRAKES FOR U.K. IT has been confirmed by Laycock 'Engineering, Ltd., of Sheffield, that they have signed an agreement with Knorr-Bremse, of Munich, for the manufacture in the United Kingdom of this well-known German system of airbraking for road and rail vehicles.