Big Loss on War Lorry Scheme AA BORTIVE development work On

18th March 1955, Page 86

18th March 1955

Page 86

Page 86, 18th March 1955 — Big Loss on War Lorry Scheme AA BORTIVE development work On

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12 variations of a basic 3-ton vehicle to meet the "special and exacting requirements of the War Office and Air Ministry " were revealed in a report by Sir Frank Tribe, Comptroller and Auditor-General, on the Civil Appropriation Accounts, 1953-54, published this week.

In 1949, a £250,000 contract was approved for the design and development of the combat lorries. When it was agreed in 1951 to arrange quantity production, the design concern was unable to provide manufacturing capacity, and in 1952 an order was placed with another for a large number of vehicles. The designers' contract was ended.

Under the original developnieni contract, payments were £274,600. and the ..manufacturer also spent, £32,000 on development. Payments under the break-clause of the production contract were not yet oompleted, but amounted to £463,000 by November 30, 1954. The cost of cancellation of a capitalassistance scheme was tentatively put at £500,000.

SUBJECT OF APPEAL TO BE CHAN GED

WHEN Paisley Town Council appealed last week against the grant of permission to the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., to run a bus service through the Glenburn housing estate. Mr. J. Law, ftkr the company, said that, subject to the Licensing Authority's approval, they intended to abandon the route and to run on the ring roads when they were completed.

The council submitted that the route was at variance with the proper planning of the neighbourhood, that the roads were unsuitable for public service vehicles, and that there would be danger to the public. They also objected to the terminus, which was opposite a school entrance_ Referring to the terminus. Mr. Law said that permission was being sought to continue the service—which would run between Braehead and Cotton Street, Paisley—through to Glenfleld Road. The proposed route, he submitted, was better than that over which vehicles had been operating in the area for 30 years.

NEW HUSH INSURANCE SCHEME

A N agreement has been signed in

Dublin between the Irish Ministry for Local Government and vehicle insurance companies in Ireland whereby the insurers agreed to establish an organization to be known as the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland.

The Bureau is intended to deal with the problem of the person who suffers death or personal injury at the hands of a negligent driver, but from whom compensation cannot be recovered because of his failure to insure himself or insure himself adequately.