15 Units with More Than 50 Vehicles
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IN the House of Commons last week.
Mr. J. Boyd Carpenter, Minister of Transport, said that he had approved the offer for sale of 15 transport units with more than 50 vehicles. One ot these units had been sold [the Thatcham unit purchased by Cropper and Colthrop Transport Co., Ltd.]. Two others were being disposed of as companies. Decisions on tenders for another seven had not yet been taken.
It is likely that six of 'these seven units are in the Special Scottish List.
Mr. Ernest Davies claimed that a disproportionate number of vehicles was being sold in very small lots, and was leading to the disintegration of the road transport industry.
Mr. Nabarro said that the increasing number of private-enterprise vehicles engaged on long-distance work was "a source of very great satisfaction to the whole of British industry and commerce."
Mr. James Callaghan declared that the whole of the units should be sold by the end of this year. He asked the Minister to introduce legislation to postpone the date of the removal of the 25-mile radius restrictions "in view of the fact that it was the intention that all the British Road Services vehicles should have been dispos'ed of before the cancellation became effective." The Minister refused.
FINED FOR CAUSING ANIMALS SUFFERING
I-1 A FINE of £10, with E4 1 Is. costs, was imposed on Douglas Terence Roberts, 38 Grange Road, Cheddleton, Leek, at Gloucester city magistrates' court last week, after he had been found guilty of carrying 54 sheep and 30 pigs in a manner likely to cause them suffering. Two of the sheep were dead and the pigs were standing on their carcasses.
The pigs were loaded at Highbridge. Somerset, on the previous day, and the sheep were loaded the same afternoon at Lowdown, near Okehampton, Devon. They were being carried to Stoke-on-Trent.
The vehicle was owned by Mr. James Shirley, Mount Garage, Cellerhead. Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent.
RAIL DELAYS REPORT TO A.B.C.C.
DETAILS of delays in the rail delivery of smalls are being sent by the transport committee of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to the Association of British Chambers of Commerce. The intention is to impress upon the railways the serious effects of failure to deliver to traders' requirements.
The finance committee suggest that next year's Budget should reduce fuel tax and provide greater flexibility in the present system of depreciation allowances. This would enable industry to meet increasing overseas competition.