No B Licence for Paper Haulage
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rl A WASTE-PAPER merchant was
—refused a B licence to carry goods within a 50-miles radius of a paper works by Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, at Glasgow, on Monday.
The applicant, Mr. A. Wallace, Kilsyth, was essentially concerned with the transport, collection and delivery of waste-paper and served the Graigmarloch Paper Co., Ltd., Kilsyth, it was stated. The company had asked him to deliver manufactured paper goods, in cases of emergency.
Mr. J. Bain, a director of the paper works, explained that his company had to give prompt service because of keen competition. Occasions had arisen when this was impossible when using their usual transport. Emergencies might occur seven or eight times a month and it was for this reason that the new licence was sought, he added.
Mr. Quin ruled that no real evidence of need had been proved and that under the circumstances the application must
£20 Paid After Law Questioned
HULL magistrates last week fined Yorkshire Carriers (Hull), Ltd., a total of £20 for failing to cause records to be kept_ on two days. The concern pleaded guilty to the charges, but the company secretary questioned the wisdom of the law which demanded that a company account for men who might be 100 miles away.
Charles Trevor Acey, Hazelbarrow Drive, Anlaby, near Hull, driver; who failed to keep current records, was also accused of driving for longer than the statutory period and failing to take proper rest He pleaded guilty and was fined a total of £12.
£35 FINES: BRAKES INEFFICIENT
FOR using a van with inefficient brakes 1 and lighting equipment, Charles Henry Lockwood, Eastwood Farm, Rotherham, was fined a total of £25 at Rotherham, last week. The driver, Douglas Horace Hazlewood, Breeklands. Rotherham, similarly charged, was fined a total gaf £10.
Strike Slows Vehicle Production
OUTPUT of commercial vehicles has 'been slowed by a strike at the Willenhall Motor Radiator Co., Ltd" to the extent of several hundred units a week. A big Midlands manufacturer who is supplied with pressings by the company has lost production to the value of millions of pounds.
At the new Commer factory at Dunstable, all overtime has been stopped and production of 30-cwt. vans has been halted now for three weeks. Output of Karrier Bantam models has also been retarded.
A spokesman for Comrner told The Commercial Mawr on Wednesday that at present it was possible to redeploy available labour, but the position in this respect would become difficult if the Willenhall strike were not soon resolved.
He further made it clear that, contrary to certain other reports, the slowing in production was not because of a shortage of components caused by the capacity of subsidiary suppliers becoming outstripped.
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., are maintaining output of Bedford models although the production of cars is said to have been held up by a shortage of components such as castings and forgin.gs.
NEW BODY AT I.P.C. SHOW
A HYDRAULIC COMPRESSION 1. refuse body manufactured by Glover, Webb and Liversidge, Ltd., made its &but on Wednesday, at Portsmouth, during the vehicle demonstration at the conference of the Institute of Public Cleansing.
The galvanized-steel rear-loading body incorporates a compressor plate forced forward by twin rams. Guide arms carry the plate upwards as it moves forward to prevent refuse from falling back and pack the body to roof level.
The body displayed had a capacity of 11-15 cu. yd. and was fitted to a Karrier Bantam chassis. Other body sizes up to 22-30 cu. yd. are available.
HORSES GO IN GLASGOW TRANSFER from horse to motor 1 operation by Messrs. Garden and Clark, 8 Clyde Street, Millport, coal merchants, was approved by Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, at Glasgow, on Monday. It was stated that the applicants had acquired the business in May, 1959, and continued operations with horses and carts.
They had switched to motor operation and now sought a B licence to handle coke, camping equipment and house removals on the island of Greater Cumbrae.
WOODCOCK UNOPPOSED
A SUCCESSFUL application, to trans .4"k fer four units from special-A to A licence, was made by Woodcock Transport (Chorley), Ltd., at Manchester on Tuesday. Mr. F. Williamson, North Western Licensing Authority, was presented with figures and the unopposed application was granted.