Vapour Loss Obscured Theft of 9,900 Gallons from I.C.I.
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IllE theft of 9,900 gallons of petrol from a filling
ation of Ltd., Billingham, which was discovered by a detective and a Customs and Excise officer, would not normally have been apparent because the station lost 50,000 gallons a month through vaporization.
This was stated at Stockton-on-Tees last week when 19 men and a woman were accused of stealing and receiving petrol. Fines totalling £1,040 were imposed, and three men were sent to jail.
False returns had been made of the quantities of tr o I loaded into vehicles. Loaders were said to have received Is. a gallon from the drivers, who sold the petrol to retailers at 2s. 6d. a gallon.
Three loaders were each jailed for six months, and one of them was fined £100. Ten drivers were fined sums of from f25-.£100 each. Five garage proprietors and retailers who pleaded guilty were fined £60-£100 each. Another two pleaded not guilty: one was fined £10, and the other £20 on one of the two charges against him which were upheld.
The plastics-bodied ambulances being built by London County Council upon modified Austin chassis now have a restyled radiator grille of stainless steel to improve the appearance. Fifty are currently being made, and another 170 will be constructed during the next
three years.
"EMPLOYEES SEEK DISASTER"
DISASTROUS consequences would follow a grant of employees' claims for a 40-hour week, a Li-a-week rise, and a ban on standing passengers in buses, said Mrs. C. B. M. Ma, convenor of Edinburgh Transport Committee, last week.
A 40-hour week would raise operating costs by 10 per cent. A pay rise would cost £200,000 a year, and • a ban on standing would mean that more vehicles would have to be provided and overtime, at £1. 17s. per bus per hour, paid.
The number of passengers in Edinburgh was falling steadily. Travellers were not prepared to pay more, nor was there any readiness to accept reduced services. One possible solution might be the adoption of one-man vehicles.
MILK IN THE SNOW
THE haulage of milk during blizzards has been the subject of plans made by the East Riding branch of the National Farmers' Union and the regional transport officer of the Milk Marketing Board.
All hauliers in the northern region will notify producers of emergency halts where milk can be collected. County road surveyors will give as much priority as possible to keeping the roads clear to emergency points.
BUILDING OF MERIT
THE Greenland Road bus garage, Darnall, Sheffield, has been voted a building of exceptional merit. Mr. J. Womersley, Sheffield city architect, has been awarded a bronze medal and diploma for his design by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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