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to Chesterfield Corporation last week—the sum spent on diverting buses when a lorry towing a trailer and excavator broke down and blocked a road for 31 days-Judge Sir Henry Linthwaite Braund at Chesterfield County Court stated that the hauliers had not made "reasonable use of the highway." . The total weight of the outfit was stated to be 83 tons, but the maximum. load which the tractor should have drawni waS 51 tons, said the judge. Arthur .Robinson (Transport), Ltd., MiddleSbrough. were transporting. the excavator from Chesterfield to Durham on November 25, 1954.
PUZZLE OF PICKFORDS' VANS I ALWAYS find difficulty in under',standing the vehicle availability of Pickfords. They tell me they have vehicles standing idle and this is partly caused through their giving priority to foreign-based vehicles of theirs reporting to them, This, of course, may be good business from a trading point of view, but I cannot quite understand how, it can help me in considering the strength of their objection:: This was stated by the Western Licensing Authority last week when Pickfords objected to a successful application by .Mr. 1'. Hodges, 51 Colston Street, Bristol, to add a vehicle to his A licence. • Applicant wished to carry furniture and shop fittings any distance. Mr. H. Johnson. of Messrs. George Clark and Son, Bristol,. furniture manufacturers, said that Pickfords would not carry part-loads and never seemed particularly interested in Clark's traffic.
BOLTON BUSMEN REVOLT
AGAINST the advice of their union leaders, -bus workers employed by Bolton Transport Department have confirmed that they will not work on Christmas Day if the services do not end at 8 p.m. The transport committee have also confirmed their decision-that a normal Sunday service shouldoperate on Christmas Day.
ONLY 35 ROADWORTHY
QF 150 buses inspected by the special examiners in Ceylon, only 35 were found to be roadworthy. Colombo operators have agreed with the Minister of Transport to have their vehicles inspected, but so far only 150 out of 1.200 buses have been submitted. The Motor Transport Commission have now ordered all vehicles to be inspected.
26 FOR EIRE NEXT YEAR
TWENTY-SIX commercial vehicles I may be imported into Eire next year. the Irish Government have decided. Last year 42 were purchased from overseas. Quotas are fixed to protect the indigenous vehicle assembly industry. c8