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Offences Under Animal • Transit Order.
Some of the possible offences under the Transit of Animals (Amendment) Order, 1931, are shown by a report of Notts County Agricultural Committee. It is stated that one person was fined for using a cattle truck without proper facilities for inspecting the interior, eight persons were prosecuted for net providing suitable loading and unloading arrangements, whilst five people were fined for failing to carry records of animals conveyed by road vehicles. The fines totalled about £10.
Company Asked to Pay for Road Repairs.
Hauliers employing heavy vehiclee would be well advised to take heed of the experience of a London concern at Nutley Green, Oxfordshire, where timber haulage has been carried on. The company has now been asked to pay the cost of road repairs alleged to have been necessitated as a result of the use of the highway by the timber
lorries. It is held that the vehirles concerned constitute extraordinary traffic under the Road Traffic Act.
Serious Delays to Traffic Caused by Level Crossing.
Following representations by Llanelly Borough Council to the Ministry of Transport regarding the delays to traffic caused by the Great Western Railway level crossing at Station Road, Llanelly, the Ministry has examined special census figures and has agreed that inconvenience is caused to traffic. It is considered that a bridge is the only remedy and Llanelly is asking the G.W.R. for a grant.
Stoke Interested in Gas as Fuel.
The gas committee of Stoke-on-Trent Corporation has received a report from the deputation appointed to visit plants and inspect experiments in connection with the use of compressed gas as a substitute for petrol for road motors. It has also received a full report on the subject from the engineer who has been authorized, in consultation with the subcommittee, to make arrangements for carrying out at the Etruria Works experiments in connection with this matter.
Cardiff Bus-station Position.
Following a report from Cardiff Corporation transport manager on the position of the negotiations with the Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., and other operators regarding the proposed bus station, the company is being asked to receive a deputation.
Lancashire's £3,000,000 Road Expected to be Opened in March.
Lancashire's new 13,000,000 highway, linking Liverpool with the industrial heart of the county and providing a speedy traffic outlet to all parts of the North of England, will, it is expected, be opened in its entirety in March. The road will probably carry a greater volume of heavy motor traffic than any other in the country.
The new highway, throughout its 25 miles from Liverpool to Irlam o' th' Heights, a few miles from Manchester, is almost entirely clear of busy towns. The carriageway is 40 ft. wide, whilst 12 bridges have been built over railways and canals and 22 across streams.
Petition Against Trolley-bus Hill.
Torquay Corporation is presenting a petition to the House of Lords against the Torquay and Paignton Traction Bill, under which powers are sought to replace trams by trolley-buses, and to operate over many new roads in Torquay and Paignton. Important New Bridge on Main Bournemouth Road.
The new bridge at Iford, over the River Stour, near Christchurch, on the main Bournemouth road, has recently been opened for traffic. The new structure replaces an old bridge, which is so narrow that only one line of traffic can use it at a time. The new bridge was opened by the Earl of Malmesburs-, chairman of the Hants County Council. and members of the Bournemouth and Christchurch Town Councils took part in the ceremony. The cost of the bridge has been £60,000.