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wit-JEN United Automobile Services, VT Ltd., was asked to run miners' services from LarnbIey colliery, Northumberland, the approach was unfruitful because the company's price was too high. This statement was made to the Northern Licensing Authority, last week, When Mr. T. L. Robson applied for permission to operate such services. U.A.S. opposed him.
Mr. W. McLean, a deputy labour director of the National Coal Boar* said that miners' transport facilities had been worrying the N.C.B. for three years. Adequate transport was essential to the development of the pits.
The Authority decided to allow the applicant to DITI the servicestemporarily and said that the question of granting a full-time licence would be considered later.
"NO PURPOSE IN FINING R.H.E."
WHEN a British Road Services driver W appeared before-the Middlesbrough magistrate on a charge of having a broken door handle jammed in the foothrake of his lorry, the stipendiary remarked: "One of the troubles applying to all -these corporations nowadays is that no fine seems to serve any purpose at all."
Ihe Road Haulage. ExeCutiye was al0 Summoned for, permitting the offence.
The clerk of the court remarked that the fine would be paid into the Treasury and the defending solicitor tornmented: "The money goes out of the pocket of A into B, and back to A again." The magistrate considered that a fine on the person responsible for the alleged offence would be more effective.
The defendant was ordered to pay 5s., with El 12s. 6d. costs.
TIPPERS FOR PAKISTAN
T° be employed on a scheme to irrigate 3m. acres of land in Pakistan and to provide hydro-electric power for the capital, Karachi, the Pakistan Government has ordered 30 Leyland tipping lorries.
Based on six-wheeled Super Hippo chassis, the vehicles have 16-ft.-long all-steel tipping bodies, built by Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd., Bolton R.FLA. MEMBERS TO VISIT VAUXHALL
MEMBERS of the Metropolitan and IV! South-easternArea of the Road Haulage Association will be making visits to Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., in October. Ten dates have been put forward for the visitors' choice and the maximum number of persons in a party on any day will be 64. Transport between London and the factory is to be provided by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.
LEYLANDS OFF TO ARGENTINA
DELIVERY of buses to the Argentine„ following the recent order for 750 received by Leyland Motors, Ltd., has already begun, only three weeks after the order was signed. On August 2, eight complete LeylandM.C.W. Olympic single-deckers were loaded at Liverpool.