Demand for Rubbish Disposal Increasing
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AN additional A-licence tipper was granted on Monday to A. Tenth and Co., Blaydon, after the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, had been told that the company were unable to cope with the demand for rubbish disposal. An application for the transfer of a second tipper from contractA to A licence was refused.
Mr. B. Montgomery, for the applicants, said their. five A-licence vehicles were fully employed for customers such as the National Coal Board and Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. A large part of their work was the removal of rubbish to tips. The vehicle on contract-A licence was doing this sort of work for Smith, Paterson and Co., Ltd., Blaydon.
Questioned by Mr. James Croft, for the objectors, British Railways, Mr. R. H. Tench, manager. said the contract vehicle was fully occupied, but it would he more convenient if it were interchangeable with the rest of the fleet.
Mr. Hanlon pointed out that the con-, tract figures of £150 a month had been included in the general figures, and a case had not been made out for two vehicles. The company could apply again when the contract expired if they could then justify a transfer.
RIBBLE PROD ISLP.s OVER BUS FUEL TAX
ALL Members of Parliament in. areas served by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., have received a letter from Mr. H. Bottomley, general manager of the company, detailing the bus industry's representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for relief of the fuel tax. Mr. Bottomley said more than half his company's services were running at a loss . and they were becoming too great a burden to bear.
"No responsible operator would seek the remedy of abandoning uneconomic services, except as aklast resort for survival, but I can assure you there is little optimism that this situation can be postponed much longer, in the absence of any tax relief," he said.
B.R.S. RADIO CONTROL IN ISLE OF WIGHT
TWO-WAY radio control for British I Road Services vehicles in the Isle of Wight will be introduced . next summer. Base stations will be set up at Newport
• and Cowes. It is expected that radio will be of particular assistance in speeding up the operations of vehicles engaged on railway cartage. The island is a popular holiday centre and there is a great deal of railborne luggage to he collected and, delivered.
STAFF OPPORTUNITY
A VACANCY exists on the staff of The Commercial Motor for a technical journalist aged 25-30. He should hold the Higher National Certificate in mechanical engineering, have a sound knowledge of commercial vehicles, be a •
good driver, and be able to write plain English quickly and fluently. , Applications should be addressed to the editor. RI I