LANCASHIRE TRANSPORT BOARD SCHEME?
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Proposals for a conference on " Transport and the Prosperity of Lancashire," to be held in Manchester in June, were discussed at a meeting on Wednesday. Since • Lancashire's economic structure • was undergoing changes there was felt to be a need to promote plans to cope with future developments, and it was appreciated that purveyors of transport had it in their power to exert a profound influence on the county's progress towards industrial prosperity. Representatives of local authorities, Chambers of Commerce, transport undertakings and transport organizations are to be invited and the speakers will be Mr. Raymond Streat (secretary, Manchester Chamber of Commerce), Major H. E. Hickmott (Ribble Motor Services, Ltd), Mr. Ashton Davies (L.M.S. Railway), County Alderman P. Macdonald, Mr. Bennett Storey (Lanes Industrial Development Council), and Mr. C. le M. Gosselin.
Liability £1,300—Fine £3.
When a Falkirk haulage contractor pleaded not guilty, at Falkirk Sheriff Court, on Monday last, to having on 85 occasions permitted drivers in his employment to drive for continuous periods of more than 11 hours, Sheriff Henry found him guilty and liable to fines totalling £1,300, but imposed a modified penalty of £3 or 15 days.
B.R.F. Disturbed at Fuel Tax.
The British Road Federation is disturbed at the implication contained in the recommendations of the Falmouth Committee Report on Oil from Coal, that the taxation on motor fuel should remain at 8d. per gallon for the next 12 years. If a Government subsidy be required, it should be national and not levied only at the expense of motor users. The tax was increased by 4d. during 1931 purely as a national emergency.
Horse Traffic Not to be Banned.
The banning of horse traffic from Reform Street, and the diversion of all bus traffic by Albert Square into Commercial Street, proposals of Dundee Corporation's transport mana £32 ger, were rejected by the joint police and transport sub-committee on Monday.
Treasurer Caldwell declared that horse :traffic had an equal right with motor traffic. If they were going to say a shopkeeper could not get delivery except under certain conditions, it would be wrong.
Indiana Sales.
Mr. L. Neachell, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton, sole concessionnaire for the British Isles for Indiana vehicles, under the title "Indiana Sales," asks us to state that Indiana Distributors (London), Ltd., is not and has never been connected with his organization. That company has been acting only as a dealer.
Brockhouse Profit-sharing Scheme Appreciated.
The staff and works of Richard Berry and Son, Ltd., spring maker, Alma Street, Birmingham, gave a dinner last Monday to the directors of the Brockhouse organization to show their loyalty and their appreciation of the profit-sharing scheme adopted by the Brockhouse organization.
"HEATH ROBINSON "RAILWAY METHODS.
"Heath Robinson methods" was the description given by Mr, 3. H. Stirk, East Midland Licensing Authority, to the system employed by the L.M.S. Railway, at a Leicestershire siding, as described to him at Leicester on Friday last.
Mr_ C. L. Hale, for an applicant for an additional vehicle, explained that this was required to cope with a new type of industry in the Ashby-de-laZouch district—the transport of clay sold in bulk.to neighbouring brick and pottery works. The vehicle would be required to transport to the Ibstock Brick and Tile Co., eight miles away. among other places. At the present time the clay for this destination was carried by rail, after being taken by road from the claypit to sidings at Denisthorpe two miles away. The station at Denisthorpe had been closed down, and the siding was manned from Moira, two miles off. This siding was capable of holding two trucks. If an Inquiry were made at Moira as to whether there was a shunter at Denisthorpe, the Moira station staff might be able to answer, or might not.
" So the quickest thing to do is to send to Denisthorpe to find out," said Mr. Hale. "On one occasion a consignment of five trucks from Denisthorpe was lost for several days, because one shunter apparently forgot to tell another shunter!"
Mr. Stirk added that he would grant the application, except to carry clay to the lbstock Brick and Tile Co. "There is no evidence before me that the present Heath Robinson methods which exist are unsatisfactory to them," he remarked.
Death of Mr. A. J. Hancock.
We much regret to learn of the death, which occurred on February 20, of Mr. A. J. Hancock, director of Hartwells, Ltd., Park End Street, Oxford. Mr. Hancock was well known in the motor industry, not only in connection with his position in this important concern, but as a past president of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, his presidency being in the period 1935-1938.