Magistrate slates load bonus
Page 19
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
THE chairman at South Hunsley Magistrates Court Alderman A. W. P. Newton, commenting on the case of Roy Kilner, of Huddersfield Road, Shelley, Huddersfield who admitted exceeding the speed limit in a goods lorry, said transport owners who introduce a bonus scheme depending on the number of loads moved were encouraging their drivers to break the speed limit.
Kilner was disqualified last year from driving for six months following a previous offence of breaking a speed limit. The present case was the third endorsable offence since he went back to driving and rendered him liable for further disqualification. Aid. Newton said that because driving was Kilner's livelihood the court would show leniency and he would be fined £10.
The chairman added: "You are very much in the wrong but I must also say that owners who put men on this type of load bonus scheme are only encouraging them to break the speed limit".
ROLL-ON FERRY FOR ARDROSSAN—BELFAST ROUTE
COMMERCIAL vehicles up to 14 ft. 6 in. high can be accommodated by a 4,100-ton ferry to be launched at the Birkenhead shipyard of Cammell Laird and Co. on August 8 for Burns and Laird Lines Ltd., Glasgow. The new ship will provide roll-on roll-off facilities on the Ardrossan —Belfast route for the first time.
It is 365 ft. long with a speed of about 21 knots and is due to enter service in the late autumn. Modifications are being carried out at Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour, where a special loading ramp is being constructed. AL Donegall Quay. Belfast, a new angled berth and loading ramp is being provided.
AUTOLIFT SHIFT
IT IS EXPECTED that 500 people will be employed by the end of the year at a new factory opened last summer at Stanley, Co. Durham, by Autolift and Engineering Co. Ltd., to manufacture car transporters, trailers, steel bodies and hydraulics. By 1970, the payroll may be 700.