AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

Lodge Objections Early

12th January 1962
Page 34
Page 34, 12th January 1962 — Lodge Objections Early
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.

Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Effect of Postal Delays on Licensing

DURING the present Post Office "work to rule" campaign goods and passenger vehicle operators are advised to lodge objections to applications at the earliest possible moment after being advised of particulars of applications that may affect them.

Apart from the expected ineonvenience caused to business houses and the general public, an inevitable result of the Post Office "go slow" will be that A's and D's" and "N's and Ps" will reach operators much later than usual, thus shortening the statutory time (14 days in respect of goods, and 21 days in respect of passenger vehicles) in which objections must be lodged.

Whilst Licensing Authorities and Traffic Commissioners will, in most cases, use their discretion in the present circumstances, The Commercial Motor advises operators who are considering objections, to lodge them as soon as possible.

In some traffic areas applicants and objectors are informed by post of the dates on which the applications and objections are to be heard. We strongly advise the parties to such applications to watch closely Part II of 'A's and D's '.' or "N's and P's " and not to rely upon receiving notification individually by post, until such time as the Post Office workers withdraw their campaign.

Bedford Truck Exports Set New Record

AS in every year since the war, more than half of all the cars and trucks sold by Vauxhall last year were exported. The proportion was 56.6 per cent.—the highest export ratio since 1958. The number of vehicles shipped abroad was 105,275.

Over 50,000 Bedford trucks went overseas, and this represented 71.5 per cent. of all trucks sold by the company in the year and nearly half of all the trucks exported by the entire itiaustry. This is the first time that more than 50,000 trucks have been exported in a year by any manufacturer in Britain—or, it is believed, in Europe.

Although total sales were well down on the record figure achieved in 1960, the 1961 total of 186,000 units-90,500 cars and 95,500 commercial vehicles—has only been exceeded twice before in the company's history (1959 and 1960).

Trucks, vans and bus and coach chassis delivered from the factory totalled 95,457 (1960-103,493). Exports were 54,246 (1960--50,165).

BONALLACK TAKES OVER WESTMORELAND

A CONTROLLING interest in West

moreland Automobiles, Ltd.,

bodybuilders, of Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, has been acquired by Bonallack and Sons, Ltd, of Basildon. The name of the company now becomes Bonallack-Westmoreland, Ltd., and its directors are Mr. R. F. Bonallack (chairman), Mr. B. G. Bonallack, Mr. L. F. Anderson (secretary) and Mr. C. H. Westmoreland, the latter maintaining the long family connection with the concern.

As well as continuing traditional body building for commercial vehicles, the Alverthorpe works will develop the light-alloy construction it recently started, and will now also build a wide range of Bonallack standard light-alloy bodies. These will be built up from subassemblies made at Basildon, so that Northern operators will now be able to huy them "locally" at ex-works prices.

A32

Tags

Organisations: Post Office
Locations: Wakefield

comments powered by Disqus