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SHORT HAULS
Harvester hit
PROFITS of the giant International Harvester group dropped by 16 per cent to $25.2m in the first quarter of the financial year, mainly because the bad weather in America cut fuel supplies.
Road accidents
ROAD casualties in 1976 increased by 4 per cent, the Department of Transport announced.
Provisional figures show that the number of injured was 338,100, including 6,520 deaths. For the three months of October, November and December, total casualties increased by 9 per cent corn'pared with the same period of 1975.
Peak plans
PLANS for a motorway to cross the Peak District National Park have been abandoned on grounds of cost. Transport Secretary William Rodgers has announced that separate by-passes will now be built around five villages — Mottram, Hollingworth, Tintwistle, Stocksbridge and Deepcar — and that the A628 will be improved.
SW improvement
THE Department of Transport has announced proposals to improve the A39 trunk road south of Stratton, in Cornwall.
The road will be diverted. around the hamlet of Coppathorne, and the layout of a junction north of the village will be improved.
Haulage net
A LEWIS fish-buying firm, William Scott (Stornoway) Ltd, is also going into the haulage business and offers virtually a "carry anything, anywhere" service, as long as it is not furniture.
The firm is still a husband-and-wife venture — Mr Scott and his wife Catherine. The Scotts have extensive dealings with East coast ports like Buckie, Aberdeen and Fraserburgh, and two offices in Stornoway.