"No Excuse for Bad Maintenance " THERE was no excuse today
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for I badly maintained vehicles, as there might have been a few years ago, when spares and new vehicles could not easily be obtained. The Northern Licensing Authority made this comment last week when Messrs. J. H. Potts and Son, Morpeth, applied to him for a variation of their licence. Although there were no objectors, the firm had been ordered to appear because of a conviction in November, 1953. for permitting the use of a vehicle with defective brakes.
.VIr. Frank Milton, for the applicants, sa:d that they had a clean record for over 30 years. One of the partners in the business stated that the vehicle concerned had been serviced 10 days before the occurrence. The brakes had been checked and it was found that although the facings and drums were in good condition, the rubber in the master cylinder had perished.
During a road check in November, 59 out of 72 vehicles were found to be defective, and during another the next month, 72 out of 82 were found to be defective, the Authority stated.
He said that he was, however, satisfied that the applicants took the proper steps to maintain their vehicles in good condition.
CITY'S OLDEST OPERATOR?
THE claim that W. Hunter, Ltd., Aston, was the "oldest coach firm in Birmingham" was made before the West Midland Licensing Autherity last week.
It was stated that they had been in existence since well before 1900, and that they had catered for private parties long before 1930.
W. Hunter, Ltd., were applying for licences to take private parties to Midland pantomimes and Blackpool Illuminations.
NO CARAVAN SITE SERVICE ALICENCE for an express service from Leicester to a caravan site at Great Yarmouth was refused by the East Midland Licensing Authority at Leicester, last week, because of lack of evidence of need.
The applicant, Mr. H. L. Williamson (Leicester Caravan Hire Free Travel Service), was a coach operator who also owns eight caravans at South Denes Camp, Great Yarmouth, and planned to provide a composite service of transport and accommodation for holidaymakers.
B R.S. HAVE BEST YEAR I AM pleased to be able to tell you I that we have had our best trading year," Maj.-Gen. G. N. Russell, chairman of British Road Services, stated in his Christmas message to the staff.
"On the one hand, economies have reduced costs, and on the other hand better use of our equipment has resulted in higher earnings per vehicle. In short, the productivity of B.R.S. has been considerably improved," he added.