C-licence Fleet Up 5.4 Per Cent.
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IN the Year to March last, 19,984 new
C-licence operators came into existence, increasing the number by 4 per cent. from 454,698 to 474,682. The total number of C-licence vehicles increased by 49,390 from 907,055 to' 956,445 (5.4 per cent.).
As the following table shows, by far the largest increase was in light delivery vehicles.
QHAREHOLDERS in the Scottish 1.--) Motor Traction organization. have been offered shares in the Sears Holdings concern in exchange for their interests by Mr. Charles Clore; the financier. The Sears' shares given in exchange would have no voting rights. • Mr. Clore had apprOached S.M.T. directors with a take-over proposition. -This was rejected. S.M.T. have many branches in Scotland and are Vauxhall dealers.-•
S.M.T. have sent a circular to shareholders advising them not to take action on the offer by Sears until they receive a further statement from the board. The directors of S.M.T. will recommend them not to accept the offer.
WEYMANN'S STILL FACE DIFFICULTIES
ADVERSE conditions • experienced during 1955 by Weymann's, Ltd., continue, and prospects for an improvement in the ensuing year do not seem to be bright. This statement was made , by Mr. G. W. Scott, chairman and managing director of the United Molasses Co., Ltd., in his annual report. Weymann's, Ltd., is a manufacturing subsidiary of United Molasses.
Mr. Scott hopes that Weyrnanti's will make a small profit next year.
SPARES SHORTAGE COMPLAINTS
DIFFICULTY in obtaining spare parts for goads vehicles has been complained of by Wolverhampton operators. the local area of the Traders' Road Transport Association wants the matter to be taken up with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Specific instances of shortages of spares arc being sought. Stockists rather than manufacturers have been blamed.