Scottish_ Hauliers Fined £405
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A NDREW SCOTT AND SONS. haul age contractors. No. 15 -Holding, Barns of Claverhouse, were lined a total of £405 at Dundee Sheriff Court last week, after admitting four charges involving 373 contraventions of the Road Traffic Act, 1900. mainly relating to hours and records. Twenty-nine of the contraventions concerned drivers driving for continuous periods of more than 51 hours; one referred to a driver exceeding II hours in 24 hours; 315 involved failure of drivers to keep current records; and the remaining 28 were in respect of vehicles on B licence being used outside their authorized radius.
Mr. Walter Fletcher, solicitor, said the charges arose from a routine check. His clients had received a request for the records, which they had sent on.
Apart from the fourth charge, they all arose through the failure of drivers to keep records.
Additional Tipper for China Clay
I NCREASING traffic in china clay between Cornwall and the Staffordshire potteries was given as the reason for an application for an additional tipper by Lockyear's Transport, Ltd., Exeter, to the Western Licensing Authority at Bristol last week. The hearing had been twice previously adjourned.
Mr. F. D. R. Jenkins. for the company. said the vehicle would be based at Exeter from where they already operated a number of vehicles on A licence.
A representative of the firm produced figures for the past 27 months showing increased traffic and earnings. Subcontracting had also gone up consider, ably in the same period and letters from three firms were put in stating that hired transport was not satisfactory because loads were often delayed.
British Railways asserted that they already carried large quantities of china clay to North Staffordshire.
After adjourning the hearing to enable the applicant and objectors to talk matters over, it was announced that they had reached agreement, and Mr. S. W. Nelson endorsed the application by granting an A licence.
STARTING THE JETS
.A NEW alternator set produced by Simms Motor Units, Ltd., has been applied to jet engine starting vehicles used by B.O.A.C. These are Austin Omnivans converted by Auto Diesels. Ltd.. having this concern's " Stad " gas turbine mounted in the body. Compressed air is provided by the gas turbine to start the jet engines of Boeing 707s.
The alternator, which is driven by the van engine, is used to charge the battery for the Simms starter on the gas turbine. and the installation ensures that the battery for turbine starting is kept fully charged despite the relatively short running time between successive starts of the turbine itself.