:ommercial Vehicles Rise by 24,200
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1RITAIN'S commercial-vehicle fleet increased by 24,200 in the year ded May 31 last. The total of goods hicks rose by .24,500. Commercial hicks numbered 1,025,700, compared th 1,001,500 at May 1, 1952.
These figures are contained in
vf echanically-propelled Road :hicks, Great Britain; Return No. 2," which has just been published by Stationery Office at 4s.
Hackneys declined from 133,500 to S.,900. Excluding trams, there were 000 hackneys with more than eight as, compared with 77,600 a year 'her. Tractors increased from ),900 to 309,700. This expansion is ributable almost wholly to an irease in the use of tractors in agriture. General haulage tractors ianced from 4,000 to 4,300. Shown's tractors remained static at 400. lads vehicles rose from 919,500 to 1,000.
'ERATOR WITHDREW SERVICE 'HE Western Licensing Authority last week castigated a small operawho admitted withdrawing his bus vice without giving official notice. vlessrs. Shergold and White, Porton, lied to run from East Gomeldon on adays at 5.50 p.m., arriving in SalisIf at 6 p.m. They were opposed Mr. A. J. Armstead, of Newton fly, who possessed a licence to run ;ervice from Newton Tony at 5.40
or the applicants, Mr. P. E. G. ither said that Mr. Armstead had not :rated his service since May. Mr. instead said that he had to cut out service because the applicants ran ir relief bus to Policeman's Corner,
waited for him to come down the hill, and then pulled away, leaving him no passengers.
The Authority told Mr. Armstead that he could not take off a service on his own. "How can you oppose his application if you are not running yourself?" he asked. " Your trouble is that you have been running five minutes late."
Mr. Armstead was told to reinstate his service. The bus of the applicants would not leave Policeman's Corner until 6.5 p.m.
MOBILE-SHOP SURVEY
THE Co-operative Union, the political advisory body of the Co-operative movement, are making a survey of mobile shops run by co-operative societies. The Union have received many inquiries about such vehicles from societies who are interested in operating them.
158 KILLED IN SAFETY WEEK
DRING road-safety week from October 17-26, casualties numbered 5,908, of which 158 were fatal. In the corresponding period of last year— when no special safety efforts were made--there were 5,882 casualties, 140 of which were fatal.
MINISTER TO OPEN' NEW WORKS
THE Minister of Transport, Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd, will open the new factory of Bonallack and Sons, Ltd., at Basildon, Essex, next Friday. He will be supported by Mr. Bernard 1Braine,