£280 Fines on London Operators
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FINES totalling £280, with £52 10s. costs, were imposed by the Clerk enwell magistrate upon William Varney, Ltd., 28-28a Hermes Street, London, N.1, last week. The company pleaded guilty to 20 summooses for failing to comply with licence conditions; 19 for altering records; five for permitting drivers to work without 10 hours' continuous rest; three for allowing drivers to work excessive hours; and eight for failing to cause drivers' records to be kept.
They also asked for 97 further offences of altering records and 111 offences of failing to comply with licence conditions to be considered.
Mr. L. E. Barker, prosecuting, said that the company had some A-licence lorries and four B-licence vehicles restricted to carrying building and roadmaking plant and electrical equipment. It was in respect of these four that the offences occurred. "The four lorries had been carrying practically everything under the sun outside the conditions of the licences," said Mr. Barker.
Mr. James Amphlett, defending, said that a proper system was now being worked to see that lorries were not used " indiscriminately."
LONDON TRANSPORT CHANGING TO NEW FILTER
AFTER making exhaustive tests, London Transport were converting all their vehicles' fuel filters to the new C.A.V. paper-element type, Mr. J. C. H. Lovelock, joint Diesel sales manager of C.A.V., Ltd., revealed last week.
The company had checked every known type of filter made in the world before producing their latest model, which would remove particles of 6-12 microns in size, and even of 2 microns. The previous average standard was the removal of particles of 15 microns.
Mr. Lovelock was speaking at two functions in London when some 300 operators were entertained by Cox and Co. (R.W.), Ltd., Lucas—C.A.V. distributors. He emphasized the advantage of longer pump life by conversion to the new equipment.
Guests were welcomed by Mr. E. Kverndal. sales manager of Cox and Co.
FIFE TIPPER SHORTAGE THERE appeared to be a shortage of I tippers in Fife. the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority commented last week. Mr. William Dodds, Ellenbank, Newmills, applied to add three vehicles to his B licence to carry road and building materials and potatoes, and to undertake furniture removals, all within a 25-mile radius.
Mr. Shaw Thomson, Culross, lion contractor, said that slum clearance was becoming difficult because of transport shortage. , The Authority granted the application but confined the extra vehicles to road and building materials.