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rtco in Village ADEPOT at 108 Mansell Street, London, E.1, occupied by Burrows fransport, Ltd., before nationalization, las been recovered by the company and low affords them garaging facilities and in area for transhipping goods, together vith a little warehouse space.
One of the objects, in regaining the Iepot, which backs on to the concern's Aces, was to give full facilities to fellownembers of Associated Road Transport 2ontractors, Ltd. Additional office tecommodation has been taken at 34 Fower Hill, London, E.1, to provide for txtensions to associated companies in -the ravel-agency and shipping fields.
Burrows made great progress last year, .egaining.a large proportion of customers ost to them during nationalization, and ook forward to even greater strides this tear.
TRANSFERRED DISC: FINED £10 NHEN Ministry of Transport inspecIT tors stoppcd a lorry belonging to ames Thompson, Dundee, they found hat the identity disc being displayed was nade out for another vehicle. This vas stated at Dundee, last week, when fhompson admitted that the %chicle was ised to carry goods for hire or reward vithout a proper licence, and that an dentity certificate for another lorry was tsed for it "with intent to deceive."
He was fined £10. Mr. W. Fletcher, lefending, said Thompson had three or our vehicles on B licence, and at the ime one was off the road. He thought te had applied for an automatic transfer tf its licence to another vehicle, but the icensing authority said he,. had not eceivcd an application from him. I F a suitable turning point can be found in the village of lverley, near Stourbridge, the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., will be prepared to run buses there. This undertaking was given at Birmingham, last week. when Seisdon Rural District Council appealed against the West Midland Traffic Commissioners' decision to vary the company's licence conditions for the Stourbridge-Iverley route.
Mr. J. Taylor, for the council, said buses which were supposed to run to Iverley were now turning round a mile before the village and there had been complaints from residents. Forty-nine villagers had protested that they had suffered considerable hardship.
For the company, Mr. J. B. Griffiths said they realized their obligation to provide unrcmunerative services and they would restore the full route as soon as a turning point could be round in the village.
A.E.C. COACHES FOR MONTE-CARLO
TWO A.E.C: coaches operated by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., will leave Sheffield on Sunday bound for Monaco, and the Monte-Carlo Rally. They will be carrying British competitors' wives on a three-day journey via London. Paris and Valence.
On arrival, one of the vehicles, a Regal IV, will become a mobile headquarters for the Monte-Carlo British Competitors' Club, with a reception desk and a battery of telephones. The other coach, a Reliance, will be used to run a service round the main hotels, picking up competitors for the Pare Ferrnd,