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Pipes Not "Products"

17th November 1961
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

FINES totalling £25, with £9 2s. 9d. costs, were imposed on Baker's Transport, Ltd, of New Road, Southampton, when they pleaded guilty before the Southampton magistrates last week to eight charges of using a goods vehicle outside the conditions of a B licence on dates in March and April.

Mr. J. A. P. Bartlett, prosecuting for the Ministry of Transport, said the charges related to one vehicle restricted in use to mails for the United States Air Force and products of the Esso Petroleum Co. within 75 miles of Southampton, furniture and effects within 50 miles, and other goods within 15 miles.

The offences concerned the last of these restrictions and occurred when the vehicle was used for the carriage of various goods in excess of this radius.

B.R.S. "Not So Bad

E service provided by the railway and British Road Services from Birmingham to the South Coast was nothing like so bad as the customers of a Midland haulage contractor tried to make out, Mr. A. I. F. Wrottesley, for the British Transport Commission, told the Transport Tribunal in London last week.

Mr. Wrottesley was opposing an appeal by Mr. Arthur Smith, of Birmingham, against the decision of the West Midlands Area Deputy Licensing Authority. Smith had applied for seven vehicles of four tons each on A licence and had been granted a licence for only one.

The Tribunal amended the decision of the Deputy Licensing Authority to include two vehicles on the licence.

The President, Sir Hubert Hull, commented: "We have come to the conclusion that the proved deficiency in the appellant's facilities cannot he put higher than two vehicles."

At an earlier hearing it was stated that Smith wanted to use six vehicles on the run from Birmingham to the South Coast, in the Portsmouth, Southampton and Poole area. They had been using six vehicles from sub-contractors, but this had stopped and now they wanted licences to replace the six vehicles and a seventh to cope with the increasing amount of business.

B8 On five consecutive days in March the vehicle was used to carry steel pipes from Millbrook, Southampton. to Salisbury. On two other occasions in March, steel was carried to Andover and to Lulworth. Finally on April 12 a boat was carried from Southampton to Twickenham.

For the company, Mr. E. T. Read said the summonses relating to the carrying of steel pipes concerned a "most technical infringement of the law." They were due to the not unnatural error of assuming that, because the licence permitted the vehicle to carry products of the Esso Petroleum Co. over 75 miles, it could carry anything coming from the Esso refinery.

The company now appreciated that pipes could not be said to be the products of Esso, although they were the property of Esso. As a result of the proceedings. the .company was today sending a letter to the Licensing Authority asking for the licence to be amended accordingly.

The rest of the offences, Mr. Read continued, were unfortunate administrative errors. The offences had not enriched the company in any way.

Four other charges of a similar nature. to which the company pleaded not guilty. were withdrawn by the prosecution.

GLASGOW PROFITS UP BY 1194,886

ANET profit of £311,010 was made by the Glasgow transport undertaking in the year ended May 31 last. This was an increase of £194,886 on the previous year.

Total income was £9,922,171 and total working expenses, £8,632,722, giving a gross profit of £1,289,449. From this had to be deducted £978,439 for loan charges, depreciation and renewals. Total income in the previous year was £9,836,080.

Motor buses made a net surplus of £849,619—an increase of £118,186 on the previous year—while trolleybus operations showed a deficit of £36,864, compared with a profit of £31.614 in 1959-60.

Troubles on Mil

QINCE November 2, 1959, wl was opened, the Automobile I tion's motorway services have dei over 27,800 breakdowns on the r the second year. just ended, th handled by the A.A.'s Newport control centre totalled 14,245, co with 13,579 in the first year. Biggest rise in causes of brea was that of 65 per cent. in the vehicles developing fan belt trou

Extension of MS

THE Minister of Transport ha the Worcestershire County 4 ti ea:i y out preparatory work or mile extension of the Bristol-firm Motorway (M5) northwards to ti skirts of Birmingham, and later to vise the construction. The extensi be from Lydiate Ash to just sc Quinton where a link road will 4 it with the A456.

Boats with Powe

A SPECIALLY enlarged flEngine Number of our ass journal "The Motor Boat and Yac will be on sale tomorrow, price will feature descriptions of all the units on the British market and . on engine selection and installatic

S. SHIELDS SURPLUS DOI

ANET surplus of only £48 made by the South Shields port Department in the year March 31 last—a drop of compared with the previous surplus of £13,793.

In his annual report the manager attributes the drop to increases, the introduction of a 4 week and the fact that a fares it designed to balance increased e) tore of £29,412 did not come intc until July. 1960.

He adds that the fall in the n of passengers carried again reflect increased use of private transpor


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