Two 'Llanwern Licences' Men Gaoled
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TWO Cardiff men, found guilty of conspiring to sell B licences to desperate hauliers, were sentenced to imprisonment at the Glamorgan Assizes
in Swansea last week. (See The Commercial Motor, October 25 and July 5).
William H. Jacka, 49, a former Ministry of Transport clerical officer, was gaoled for 21 months and George W. Eseott, a 50-year-old coal merchant, was gaoled for 18 months; two other Cardiff
men were involved in the .case— Vaughan Thomas, 28, a clerk, who was fined £50, and Alfred G. Matthews, 51year-old sales manager, who was aequitted.
Sentencing Jacka, Mr. Justice Glyntones told him that he had betrayed his trust as a Ministry official and spoke of the meanness of the plot, taking money from small operators, many of whom had now lost their lorries because they were unable to fulfil their hire-purchase commitments. The judge described Jacka as the brains behind the conspiracy, with Escott the backbone. The trial lasted six days.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Mersey Tankers Ban : From December 1, road tankers—whether loaded or empty— will be banned from using the Mersey Tunnel between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Non-winners for Final? On Wednesday the national committee of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition passed a resolution that, in classes B to E2 inclusive, if there are more than 20 entries and the winner is the driver of a flat or sided vehicle, the best performer with a boxvan or tanker will be invited to the National Final—given that he is included in the first 50 per cent, plus one in the event of odd numbers. It was also decided that the kerb-to-wheel allowance in the parking test, above which marks are lost, shall be reduced from6 in. to 2 in.
Crane Fruehauf Development : Cranes (Dereham) Ltd., the trailer and semi-trailer manufacturer, has adopted the name of Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. The change has been made following capital structure rearrangements, whereby a financial link has been established with Fruehauf International Ltd.. one of the companies in the Fruehauf group of Detroit, The North Walsham organization producing the standard Fruehauf-type range of semi-trailers will be known as Crane Fruehauf Trailers (North Walsham) Ltd.
WU Congress: The next congress of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) will be held next year at Whitsun, the venue twang Cannes.
Bulk 011 Contract: The sixth long-term contract for bulk rail movement of oil to be negotiated this year was signed last week by British Railways; the customer on this occasion was the Regent Oil Co. Ltd. Like jN live predecessors, the agreement provides for •' a minimum and increasing volume of traffic " over the next 10 to 15 years.
Five-year £212 m. Programme: The Minister of Transport has announced the extension for a further year of his five-year rolling programme of trunk road construction and improvement schemes in England and Wales. Total value of the schemes be hopes to authorize in the new five-year period ending 1967-68 is some £212 m. This includes 36 large new schemes estimated to cost €45 in.