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Sunday's work in this case—for the Unity Garage Breakdown Service, of Edgehill Road, Leicester. It all started when the Leicester Underwater Explorator Club found a stolen Thames van in a quarry at Stoney Stanton. They immediately contacted Mr. G. Rogers, of Unity Garage, who went out with two of his breakdown vehicles, a Morris 4 x 4 and an Albion 6 x 6. There were no trees handy and no firm earth, so the Morris was used as a ground anchor for the Albion. Members of the Underwater Club floated the van up from 25 ft. of water with buoyancy bags, and the Unity team then started to haul it up the 80-ft cliff face. Near the top the van fouled projecting rocks. so Mr. T. C. Pett, of Unity, climbed down and steered the van to the top. The actual haul up the cliff face took 15 minutes.
Midway Switch Bid : Decision Reserved
A LONG STANDING conversion "application by Midway Haulage, Ltd., Colborne, regarding 11 vehicles, was concluded at Manchester on Tuesday. Two applications %sere before the Licensing Authority, one in respect of three units on contract to J. Bibby and. Sons, Ltd., Which were to be surrendered and a public A licence substituted, and the other for the B fleet to be put on A licence.
A common normal user was requested of: "human and animal feedingstuffs within 100 miles of base." If the A application was refused an alternative application was put forward for a B licence for the 11 vehicles with conditions to read: "human and animal feedingstuffs, sugar, soap and soap products, steel and building materials. and goods for export within 100 miles."
British Railways and British Road Services objected, and Mr. J. Booth, for the B.T.C., submitted that although no additional units were involved in the application, they were designed to increase. facilities. The A application was required so the company could carry back loads and there had been no proof of need to entitle them to do this. It was an outrageous case and all evidmce had been rebutted by the objectors.
The North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, reserved his decision.
The 400,000 to One Chance
ABARNSLEY bus company has made 400,000 oil checks on its 380 buses in the past 10 years and only once in that time has a mistake been made. Barnsley magistrates were told last week. But that one lapse led to the court appearance of the company and a driver.
The Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., and one of their drivers, Alfred Thomas, aged 27, of Castle View, Doclvvorth, near Barnsley, were charged with using a bus emitting an oily substance on to the road.
Mr. J. Gilfeather, defending, said that the oil cap had not been replaced following an engine check. This was the first time it had happened and he asked the magistrates to regard the offence as one in 400,000_ Thomas was given an absolute discharge, and the company was fined D.