-erweight Vehicle: Two Months' Suspension for Owner-driver
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TWO-MONTH licence suspension was imposed by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, on Monday, on an owner er, Mr. A. Hogg, of Bedlington. Mr. Hogg, a former brickyard ker, had for 24 years operated a special-A-licence vehicle at a weight .ter than specified. On Monday he applied for a public A licence.
Ir. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw said Mr. Hogg approached K. and B. .ors (Newcastle), Ltd., in 1957 for a vehicle and special A licence. He completely ignorant of licensing matters and relied on Mr. E. Waters.
C. and B. Motors.
company supplied a 7-ton platform °sting £1,800 and a licence at £575, r. Hogg had sunk his life savings business. After he had operated tide for some time he realized that 3verweight, but Mr. Waters assured at it was all right."
use of his wife's health he then d from long-distance to local work and B. Motors added tipping gear, increased the weight to 4 tons When he applied in June for a in to replace the vehicle by a new of that weight, the Licensing ity notified him that he proposed Id a revocation or suspension d by Mr. Hanlon why notice had !n given to K. and B. Motors, who id they were willing and able to Mr. Wardlaw replied that it was :r for the Licensing Authority.
Transferred to Site Work Hogg said that when he was :d that he was operating the new without a licence and must cease th, he took legal advice and the as put on site work until August 4, short-term licence was granted. Hanlon said the vehicle was first :d in the name of Mr. Waters and I 2 toils 19 cwt. There had been statement of intention by or on of the applicant, but the vehicle rer been operated at the declared Whatever the original responsi4r. Hogg had deliberately altered " into a tipper. and later replaced new one. This he operated withicencc and without the statutory of the change to the Licensing ty.
ance was no excuse for a man whose business earned £200 a month, and he had obtained a distinct advantage over competitors for 24years. He must suffer some penalty. The short-term licence would be withdrawn forthwith and a public A licence for the new vehicle granted as from October 18.
150-Ff. " TRAIN " ON 1,000-MILE RUN
A" TRAIN " 150 ft. long, comprising a refrigerated pantechnicon, a 2,000gat, petrol tanker and a car carrier, drawn by a Leyland 150 b.h.p. prime mover, has been put into service in northern Australia. The motive unit is a Hippo sixwheeled platform lorry of 17 ft. 9 in. wheelbase.
Regular supplies of cold beer and ice cream will be among the traffic carried in the "train" on the 1,000-mile DarwinAlice Springs route, which has been started by the Outback Transport Co. It is also intended to operate the unit on the Darwin-Mount Isa run.
The Hippo is equipped with a sleeper cabin, tropical radiator and a third differential between the two driving axles of the rear bogie. An extra 200-gal, fuel tank. auxiliary step-down gearbox and heavyduty towing hook are also fitted.
NEW BLUECOL FORMULA TO STOP CORROSION inA NEW formula has been devised for the supplies or Bluecol anti-freeze which Smith's Motor Accessory Division will market this season. It will be suitable for either petrol or oil engines, and will be offered with a guarantee that it will prevent both freezing and corrosion.
Bluecol will contain two types of inhibitor: one to form a protective layer over metals and another to "mop up acids. A 5-gal. drum will cost £12 17s. 6d.