Animal Owners to be Responsible
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ANOM ALIES in the law whereby there is virtually no means for obtaining redress for accidents or injuries caused by animals straying on the road are likely to be removed by an Act of Parliament. This was reported to a recent meeting of the standing joint committee of the motoring organizations.
The committee reviewed the report of the Lord Chancellor's committee on the law of civil liability for damage done by animals, and noted with satisfaction that among the recommended reforms was a proposal that owners of animals on the highways should beplaced in the same legal position with regard to civil liability for accidents as all other road users.
" DISINTEGRATION " OF ISLAND SERVICES
DIS1NTEGRATION of bus services Lion the Island of Lewis was predicted by the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority at a sitting in Stornoway last week. He was considering fares increases requested by island bus operators. He said that although bus owners could not be expected to continue operating at a loss, advances could not be lightly given because of the general conditions on Lewis
Thousands of young men and women were forced to seek employment outside the island, leaving behind a relatively large percentage of elderly people with slender financial resources. As fares increased, people would travel less and
bus services would decrease. There might be a return to the village merchant running a dual-purpose vehicle, combining the transport of passengers and goods as and where he thought.
MOBILGAS TERMINAL AT SUNDERLAND
WITH a storage capacity of over mt. VI' gallons, a new terminal for Mobilgas and Mobil Diesel was opened, last week, at Sunderland by the Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd. Three of the storage tanks, each capable of holding 250,000 gallons, have been built on a hemispheroid pattern, and to avoid loss of volatile elements, the contents are held under pressure.
Four vehicles can be loaded simultaneously at the terminal. A new warehouse has been built for lubricants and there is mechanical-handling equipment for dealing with packages.
OILERS FOR SOUTHEND ?
FOLLOWING a proposal by Southend Corporation's transport manager that oil-engined vehicles be introduced to cut operating costs, the central transport committee have agreed than an Austin 3-tonner with a Perkins P.4 engine should be purchased from the Southend Motor and Aero Co., Ltd., to make practical tests.