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Monro's Transport (Aberdeen), Ltd., against the Scottish Licensing Authority's refusal to grant them a collection and delivery articulated outfit for trunk consignments, was dismissed by the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh on Tuesday.
Giving the Tribunal's decision, Mr. J. C. Poole said the vehicle was to be based at Glasgow and would operate within a five-mile radius. The' application had been carefully considered by the Licensing Authority, and the Tribunal substantially agreed with his assessment of the facts. •
They thought one other point, should he made—an articulatedoutfit with a capacity of about 10 tons was not suitable for collection and delivery work on a.single trunk service between Aberdeen and 'Glasgow.
SEMI-TRAILER BROKE AWAY: .B.R.S. FINED £5
HOW the semi-trailer of a British Road Services articulated outfit broke away at a roundabout was described at Ipswich, last 'week; when B.R.S. were fined £5 for not having it securely att'ached to the tractor. They denied the offence.
• Chief Insp. J. Lacy, prosecuting, said the driver claimed to have checked the safety locking device before taking the outfit out of the depot. The branch manager had made a statement in which he said that both B.R.S. and the manufacturers of the coupling mechanism were satisfied that it was faultless. it operated perfectly_ provided it had been engaged properly, as the driver claimed.
The driver,, who also pleaded not guilty, was fined £1.
R.H.A. SOUTHERN ELECTIONS
ONCE again Mr. G. H. G. Barber (Victory Transport, Ltd.) has been re-elected chairman of the Southern Area of the Road Haulage Association. ,Mr. J. Rawlings (J. Rawlings [Haulage], Ltd.) has been elected vice-chairman.
Sub-area elections are as follows: Aldershot: Chairman, Mr. W. J. Morris (Morris Removals, Ltd.); vice-chairman, Mr. E. H. Whitall (E. H. Whitall, Ltd.). Basingstoke: Chairman, Mr. J. Rawlings U. Rawlings [Haulage], Ltd.); vice-chairman, Mr. J. F. Remington (A. C. Hutton, Ltd.).