Threat to Revoke Hauliers' Licences
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HALTLIERS in the Northern Area who arc convicted of failing to keep records, working drivers for
excessive hours, exceeding the 25-mile limit or contravening thc conditions
of B licences will in future run the risk of having their licences revoked. Mr. J. A.:. t Hanlon, .Northern Licensing Authority, gave this warning. on Monday at Newcastle upon Tyne. •
Messrs. Appleby and Dowling, Chapel Garage, South Bank-on-Tees had been called before the Authority to show cause why their B licence should not be suspended or revoked.
Mr. Hanlon said that he had seriously considered the matter, but after hearing representations, he had decided to take no further action. He had received assurances from the partners, although he was convinced that the breaches in question had been wilful and frequent.
Mr. W. R. Fisher, a Ministry of Transport examiner, said that in January last the firm were fined at Middlesbrough for infringing the conditions of a permit and for failing to keep records. A Yorkshire Area inspector saw one of their vehicles at Wetherby travelling south loaded with steel pipes. When Mr. Fisher inspected the vehicle records the details did not tally with the Yorkshire inspector's
,eport. They showed that the vehicle vas "carrying cement in the Thornaby trea."
Also in January the firm were found ;uilty of similar offences at Leeds and luring 1952 had been fined £21 for 'reaches of special conditions of their I licences.
NEW BRITISH FRONT-WHEELDRIVE BULK LOADER
ASED on a modified Fordson Major industrial tractor, the new Matbro aper Loadstar bulk loader is claimed 'combine hydraulic loading and frontheel drive for the first time in this amity. The machine is manufactured 1 Messrs. Mathew Brothers, Wallingn, Surrey, who demonstrated it under 3rking conditions on Tuesday.
The tractor has been modified to give iriving position in front of the engine, d six forward and two reverse speeds. Le large driving wheels have 14-in. by -in, tyres and the rear steering wheels rry 7.50 by 24-in. tyres. A 1-cu.-yd. cket, with a load capacity of 2,500 lb.. mounted at the front on dual arms h hydraulic-ram actuation and full ■ vement control in all positions. A rdson Major 40-b.h.p. petrol or oil tine may be fitted.
localise the driving wheels are at the at of the vehicle the loaded bucket 3 additional traction, this being !chilly valuable when biting into ped materials and when traversing 1 and rough gradients. The kit-Ward ing position gives good operatirig rility and a detachable plastid bood rovided for all-weather working; 'hen demonstrated, the new machine
loaded 5 tons of loose chalk into a tipping lorry in four minutes, picked up large pieces of concrete, poured liqu:ds at controlled rates and cleared thick mud from a river bed.
EXTRA REVENUE FROM CHEAP FARES A FALLACY
GIVING evidence in support of the ‘...1 British Transport Commission's application for higher fares to be charged by London Transport, Mr. H. Willis, Q.C., told the Transport Tribunal, on Tuesday, that although certain cheap fares had brought a substantial increase in revenue, there was still a small loss.
"It affords some illumination of inherent difficulties of this matter, and the fallacy of assuming that increased traffic is going to produce extra revenue," he said.
If the proposed new fares were approved, there would still be a deficit of £200,000 a ycar. At the present rates, London Transport would lose £3,300,000 in a year.
Sir Reginald Wilson, chairman of the Commission's finance committee, said: "All we are asking • is that London area passenger services stand on their own feet."
If there were further significant advances in wages, it was more than probable there would have to be increases in fares. "So long as the spiral of costs continues, so long is it likely we shall have the spiral of fares." said Sir Reginald.
Details of the proposed increases were given in The Commercial Molar on April 9.
B.R.S. DEPOT DESTROYED THE British Road Services depot and garage on the Great North Road. between Doncaster and Retford was destroyed by fire on Monday night. The timber building was 150 ft. long and 60 ft. wide.
Six of the nine vehicles which were being repaired were destroyed. One of 14 in the yard, which was on its way to London with a load of shoes worth up to £4,000, was also lost. The damage is estimated at about £150,000.
BUSMEN SUPPORT RAIL STRIKE
BUS drivers of the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co., Ltd., at Kingsteignton on Tuesday refused to work relief services to carry would-he rail passengers affected by the strike of railway workers of British Railways' Western Region.
Special dispensations for market garden produce from the Tamar Valley to be carried by road to Birmingham markets were granted by the Ministry of Transport.
"CANCER CAUSE NOT PETROL"
ANALYSIS has shown no connection between petrol products and lung caner; Prot EVal-ts A. Graham, of the Washington UniVersity School of Medicine, told a meeting'nf British,AmeriCan and tanadiaa surgeons in London
on 'Tuesday. •