OBITUARY WE regret to announce the death of
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VY MR. CHARLES HARE LEONARD,
whose name will always be associated with Carless, Capel and Leonard, Ltd. He was the first man to extract petrol from petroleum. He died aged 87.
MR. Jo HN BROWN, managing director of John Brown, Ltd., an important concern of Glasgow meat transport contractors, also died recently.
LOAD CARRIED 400 MILES AS A "FAVOUR" WHEN a Blanchland (NorthumberVV land) haulage contractor and his _driver were charged at Hexham with failing to comply with the conditions of a B licence, the defence contended that there was no case to answer. It was stated that the contractor was entitled to carry ganniSter stone within a radius of 15 miles of Blanchland.
It was alleged that he had made a journey of 400 miles to Lanark, carrying furniture for Capt. J. E. JoiceY. Capt. Joicey stated that the defendants had carried the furniture as a favour to himself. No payment had been promised or made.
The defence contended that the regulations laid down that the terms of the licence did not apply if the vehicle were being used for any lawful purpose. lii the present case, the journey was not made in the course of the defendants' business, nor was it made for hire or reward.
The magistrates decided that there was a doubt in the matter, as far as the licence was concerned, and the charge was dismissed, but the driver was fined £2 for misusing petrol and his employer £5, with £2 3s. Id. costs, for aiding and abetting.
DID CROWN PRIVILEGE APPLY?
W magistrates ,HITEHAVEN VV adjourned their decision in a case arising out of the use of two tractors for removing a concrete-mixing machine from the atomic research site to the Egremont housing site.
For the prosecution, it was stated that the vehicles carried 5s. licences for agricultural work. The haulage work that they had done made them liable for a tax of £25. The defence argued that as the tractors were on Government work, they were entitled to the privilege of tax exemption granted to Crown vehicles. The tractors were under contract to the Ministry of Works.
CANADIAN HAULAGE RATES UP
ROAEt haulage rates will be raised as the result of the granting of a 21 per cent. increase in 'railway freight rates, the Canadian Automotive Transportation Association declares. Mr. John Magee, executive secretary of the Association, said that a "readjustment in Canada's road transport rates "will. be nation-wide in scope and will commence immediately."
The C,A.T.A. embraces 5,000 transport companies in a federation of six affiliated haulage associations in all but the Maritime Provinces, where C.A.T.A, correspondents are located in major transport companies.
DATA ON CANADA
CANADA is the subject of the third of the books for business men produced by British Overseas Airways Corporation in conjunction with the British Bulletin of Commerce. It is entitled " Groundlight on Canada," and copies, at 2s. 6c1. each, can be obtained from the publicity controller of B.O.A.C., Stratton House, Stratton Street, London, W.1. The book is fully illustrated and includes comprehensive statistics of trade and industrial develop
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