More Special A Licences Granted
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I N addition to the purchases of trans port units reported on page 158, the Northern Licensing Authority has granted special A licences to the following:— Robson's Border Transport, Ltd., 34 Lowther Street, Carlisle, for five vehicles (14 tons 16 cwt.) based at Caldew Garage, Metcalfe Street, Carlisle. The formation of this company, with a capital of £10,000, was 'ported in The Commercial Motor on February 12.
Mr. R. A. Hunter, 28 Woodlands, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, for four vehicles (14 tons 6 cwt.) based at Valley Street North, Darlington, and two vehicles (15 tons II cwt.) based at Ord Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.
J. L, Ion, Ltd., 7 Church Street, Milnthorpe, for one articulated outfit totalling 5 tons 9 cwt.
Mr. H. T. N. Metcalf, 29 Brancepeth Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne, for three vehicles (10 tons 5 cwt.), The Western Licensing Authority has granted special A licences to Mr. P. G. Mark, Garage Flat. Lupton, Brixham, Devon, for one vehicle (2 tons 16 cwt.), W. L. Valiance, Ltd., Stoneycombe Quarries, Newton Abbot, for two vehicles (5 tons 6 cwt.) and Knight Tours (Exeter), Ltd., Haven Road Garage, Exeter, for three vehicles (8 Ions 4 cwt.).
THREE QUESTIONS ON DENATIONALIZATION
THREE questions on denationaliza
tion procedure have been tabled by Mr. Howard Johnson, M.P., for reply by the Minister of Transport next Wednesday. They follow points raised by Mr. Johnson in the House of Commons on March 1.
The first question is whether the Minister will introduce legislation amending the 1953 Act, so that the British Transport Commission and the Disposal Board will be compelled to invite fresh tenders from persons making the highest offers before re-offering transport units in reject lists.
The B.T.C. and the Board should, Mr. Johnson will maintain, require in all future forms of tender, information as to whether or not the tendcrers have previously been engaged in haulage, In his third question, Mr. Johnson will point out that because of the operation of Clause 3 of the Act, buyers • of units are unable to substitute, under special A licences, new vehicles for old if they are slightly heavier than the older models, He will ask that legislation should be introduced to give the Licensing Authorities some latitude in the matter.
£33m. INDIAN CONTRACT INDER an agreement with the Tata Li Locomotive and Engineering Corporation, India, Daimler-Benz arc to supply 3,000 heavy goods vehicles a year. A big assembly plant at Yamshedpur is to be established jointly by the two companies. The contract is valued at about £33m.
WALES HAS GOOD SHARE WHEN Mr. T. W. Jones raised the W matter of highway improvements in Merionethshire in the House of Commons last week, Mr. H. Matson, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, said that a substantial proportion of money made available for roads had been allocated to Wales. No priority for works could, however, be given on the ground that one of the county's industries was tourism.
"WINDOW TAX"
ARESOLUTION to the effect that the fitting of side windows to vans should not bring them into the class of purchase tax applicable to private cars is to be discussed by Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Federation of Road Safety Committees next week. It is considered that the improvement in visibility that side windows afford promotes safety.
MYSORE INVESTS Rs. 2.5m.
'THE Mysore Government had I. invested Rs. 2,541,640 in their road transport department up to March, 1953. The net return on the capital during 1952-53 was 1.01 per cent.
A total of 202 services, including six monopoly routes, was operated by the State buses. The average daily mileage was 10,425.
50 YEARS' SERVICE 'TO commemorate 50 years' service, 1 four members of the Thornycroft staff were Jteccntly presented with gold watches by Sir John Thornycroft, chairman of the concern. They were Mr. H. C. Bell, Mr. A. E. Elsley, Mr. S. N, Morgan and Mr. L. Page.