Illegal C-hire: Licences May be Revoked C ASES of illegal C-hiring
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will in future \--receive firm treatment from the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. Alex Robertson. He warned last week that the culprits would have their licences revoked or suspended.
Referring to a recent Perth court case, he said: " The accused was running what was called a labour agency in his own office. As the sheriff said, it was only an alias for him. We have a lot of drivers' agencies round about Aberdeen, and I hope they will take notice that we have a firm decision by a sheriff regarding C-hiring."
He added that the court case had " exploded" the drivers' agency business, and people running them should heed the warning.
CHANNEL TUNNEL MUST HAVE ROAD
BECAUSE road-haulage interests might not make full use of a Channel Tunnel if goods had to be loaded and unloaded from railway trucks at each end, it was vital for a road to be included in the tunnel scheme.
This was stated on Monday by M. Georges Gallienne, president of the Union Routiere de France, when he addressed the Parliamentary Channel Tunnel Committee.
He estimated that 200,000 lorries and 50.000 buses would use the tunnel each year, and it could be built in 10 years.
40-Fr. TANK ON FERRY 'PO take a 40-ft.-long cylindrical tank from the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester, to Tilbury for delivery on the vehicle ferry to Antwerp, Smith's of Eccles, Ltd., Urmston, Manchester, last Sunday employed a 40-ft. B.T.C. semitrailer drawn by an E.R.F. tractor. The load was destined for the European Organiz:ation for Nuclear Research. Geneva, and was embarked on Monday.
REPLY TO PAY CLAIM
AREPLY to the Transport and General Workers' Union's demand for an extra £1 5s. a week for London busmen will be given by London rransport on Monday.
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