ROAD MOTORS HELP DISTRESSED AREA.
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That road transport would be an aid to the establishment of a new industry irk a distressed area was pleaded at a case in Manchester last week when Messrs. Goddard and Sons, builders, contractors and quarry owners of" The Ashes," Glossop, were granted a II licence for a vehicle in place of two horses, with authority to run to Sheffield carrying ferro-alloys for " A promising little business calculated to assist a distressed area now that the cotton trade is slack." • Replying to the suggestion of the railway representative that Glossop was already well supplied with carriers, Mr. R. Surfleet, for the Ferro-alloys Co., said that this was a small concern which -could do business against the big combines only by giving quick deliveries.
Railways in an Unfavourable Positionl
Addressing the Ashton-under-Lyne Rotary Club last week on "The Case for the Railways," Mr. A. R. Maxwell, an L.M.S. and L.N.E.R. goods agent, said that the State insisted that railways must not give undue preference to one sender of -goods in relation to another. He added that the absence of this requirement in the case of road hauliers placed the railways in an unfavourable position, but the requirement was a wise one and should be applied to all forms of transport.
Heavy Lorries Not Easily Obtained.
When a Dundee contractor was granted permission to acquire two 4-ton vehicles by the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority at Dundee last week, his agent said it would not be possible to get the vehicles in less than nine months.
Mr. Henry Riches, the Authority, said he believed the •Governmeut was taking a lot of the larger vehicles, hence the demand was greater than the supply. He said that the applicant would be lucky if he obtained the vehicles in nine months, and gave him a year in which to acquire them.
Firm's Local Manager Fined in Drivers' Hours Case.
In Dundee Sheriff Court, last week, Sheriff Malcolm gave his decision in the case in which James Allison, 15, Castle Terrace, Broughty Ferry, manager of the local branch of Messrs. Alexander Brown, 104, Main Street, Symington, was charged with permitting drivers to work beyond the regulation hours.
The Sheriff said there were six charges. . The drivers had spoken of long hours, of a general want of consideration for their interests, and alleged that Allison gave them imperative orders to he back by certain times. He believed their evidence and fined accused £2 on each charge, a total of £12.
For the firm, who were charged with similar offences and with failing to keep current records, it was stated that they gave full control at Broughty Ferry to Allison. They had depended
on him entirely, but recognized that they mnst• accept responsibility. Sheriff. Malcolm said that ;fatigued longdistance drivers were a menace to other people. He imposed on the firm a fine of 1.5s, for each offence, a total of £9 15s.
Dorset Ahead in Use of Tractors.
Farm tractors are used in Dorset. shire to a greater degree than throughout the country as a whole, according to the latest Ministry of Agriculture census. The census also shows that they are used more extensively in the south of England than in the north, and are more numerous in arable than in dairying centres.