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Mn. W. T. DUNCALF, of Messrs. Duncalf and McFall, haulage contractors, has been elected to the Upper Brighton Ward on Wallasey Council.
IVIAJos S. V. SIPPE, D.S.O., 0.B.E., has rejoined Crossley Motors, Ltd., which company he is jointly representing with MR. H. D. STEVENS.
MR. THOMAS GRAY has, this week, succeeded MR. R013ERT WATSON as honorary secretary and treasurer of the Scottish Road Passenger Transport Association. In view of his past services, Mr. Watson has been proposed for honorary membership of the Association.
The new chairman of the Manchester, Liverpool and district section of the Institute of Transport is MR. C. H. STAFFORD, general manager of Burnley, Colne and Nelson Joint Transport Undertaking. He succeeds MR. E. H. EDWARDES, managing director, Lancashire United Transport and Power Co., Ltd., and will take office in October next.
Consequent upon the retirement of MR. A. E. CHANDLER, the appointment Of MR. H. M. THOMPSON as distribution manager to the Associated Biscuit Manufacturers, Ltd., is announced. Mr. Thompson, who, for the past 31 years, has occupied the position of assistant manager, with particular reference to the mechanical-transport side of the business, will, M future, be in charge of he transport, depot and re, pair sections of the company. UNAUTHORIZED TRAFFIC CARRIED IN ERROR.
• It was revealed at an Aberdeen sitting of the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority that a Durris contractor had, owing to a misapprehension, been carrying unauthorized goods. The applicant, Mr. G. T. M'Combie, asked for an additional B-licence vehicle for the transport of road material and wood. He stated that he had carried wood material for Kincardine County Council, and that lately he had been unable to cope with the work offered him by the district road surveyor at Banchory.
When it was pointed out by the Authority that the applicant had never been granted permission to carry road material, Mr. M'Combie decided to drop the present application and prepare one for a contract licence for timber. On application, he was granted a variation of his existing licence to allow the transport of road materials and solid fuel.
To Endorse or Not to Enlorse?
References to the question of endorsement and suspension of drivers' licences were made by Mr. Justice Goddard at Essex Assizes recently. In some cases licences are endorsed automatically, whilst in others endorsement seldom takes place, said Mr. Justice Goddard, and he expressed the hope that an authoritative announcement might be given on the meaning of the term " special circumstances."
The " special circumstances" clause was intended to give justices discretion, he said, but no hard and fast rule can he laid down and discretion must he exercised with regard to each particular case. Moreover, it must be exercised judicially.
His Lordship suggested that a good general rule is that the circumstances must be special to the particular case and not to the particular offender.
Rail Effort to Foist Contract Licence on B-licensee.
A railway attempt to secure the imposition of a Contract A licence upon a B-licensee in respect of part of his haulage operations, was made at York, on Monday, when Mr Alfred Sykes, of Camblesforth, Selby, applied for the renewel of his B licence for five vehicles.
It was explained that Mr. Sykes had a radius of 120 miles for agricultural produce, except that he had an unrestricted radius for the carriage of products of the Olympia Oil and Cake Co., of Selby.
The L.N.E. Railway Co. sought to have the applicant's general agricultural radius reduced to 30 miles and to have his business for the Olympia Oil and Cake Co. restricted to a Contract A licence. Mr. Sturge (for the L.N.E.R.) argued that, after carrying goods on the outward journey for this concern the applicant should not have the opportunity of hauling return loads for other people.
• Mr. F. G. Bibbings, for Mr. Sykes, protested against any interference with the applicant's activities by the railway company.
Reserving his decision, the Yorkshire Licensing Authority said he would reB6 quire a return of the tonnage which the applicant had carried for the Olympia concern and for other customers.
The recorder named in letter 5,062, published in last week's issue, should have been the Servis—not the Lewis.
. Some 6,000 C-licensees in the Metropolitan Area have failed to apply for the renewal of their licences. CLEARING THE WAY FOR FI RE -FIGHTE RS.
To enable appliances used by the London Fire Brigade to have right of way, experiments have been taking place with amber lights which are fitted on the front of each machine.
It is expected that when brigade vehicles are held up by traffic lights the flickering amber lights will be clearly seen and the way opened up by the police.