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Fine Cheaper than Defence

14th January 1955
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

QPERATORS who face charges relating to the use of defective vehicles sometimes consider it cheaper to plead guilty and pay a fine than to engage a lawyer to defend them; but what •they do not realize is that by 'taking the easy way out" they are liable to encounter serious trouble with the Licensing Authority when their licences become due for renewal.

This was stated before the Scottish Licensing Authority last week by Mr. R. Mackenzie, appearing on behalf of Mr. Gordon B. Caldwell, of Wishaw, who sought a continuation of his B licence for three vehicles.

The Authority mentioned that Mr. Caldwell had been convicted several times for operating defeetKe vehicles. Mr. Mackenzie said that Mr. Caldwell had made an effort to improve their condition. He had replaced three vehicles and made each driver responsible for a particular vehicle.

Granting• the application, the Authority warned Mr. Caldwell that if further offences were committed, he would be liable to be brought before the Licensing Authority.

MAST SWIVELS TO HANDLE LONG LOADS

FOR handling long loads such as timber, steel sections and pipes, a fork-lift truck with a swivelling mast has been produced by Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Ipswich. The truck picks up its load and the mast is rotated through 900 to the left so that the load may partly rest on the body of the truck. The load is thus disposed in the line of travel' of the vehicle, simplifying the negotiation of narrow entrances and reducing the number of manoeuvres needed in confined spaces.

The Rapier Super Fork Truck, as the machine is known, has a capacity of 12,000 lb. The engine is a Perkins P6, The driver sits facing the near side— the side to which the mast swivels—and has good visibility from a high-mounted cab.

Turning circle is of almost 12 ft. radius and the height of lift is 12 ft. 6in. Overall length is 18 ft. 3 in. and the width, with forks •slewed to the left, 8 ft. 8 in.

OIL-FIRED SPACE HEATERS

PR ODUCTION of Dravo space heaters, suitable for large garages, bus depots and similar buildings, by the Coventry Radiator and Presswork.Co., Ltd., is well advanced and the units are available for early delivery. Weatherfoil Heating Systems,. Ltd., Slough, have appointed Coventry Radiator as sole sales and service agents in the United Kingdom.

The Dravo heater, which is made under licence from the Dravo Corporation of America, is an automatic oilfired heater with a claimed combustion efficiency of 80 per cent.


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