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Reliance Petition Adjoutned
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IN the Chancery Division, on Monday,
the Commissioners of-Inland Revenue presented a petition to Mr. Justice Wynn-Parry for the compulsory winding-up of Reliance Carriers, Ltd. Mr. M. Berkeley, for the Commissioners, said that the company had a judgment debt of £788.
Mr. C. A. Settle for the concern, applied for an • adjournment of the petition until the company had received compensation from the British Transport Commission. A sum of £2,000 had been received on account, and there was a balance of £1,040 due. The sum payable by the B.T.C. would be more than .sufficient to discharge the liability to the Inland Revenue, and the Commissioners -would be paid as soon as further. Transport Stock were issued.
Mr. Berkeley contended that the assessment against the company was made before it was nationalized.
Mr. Justice Wynn-Parry said that he would allow the petition to stand over until July 14 on an understanding that as soon as the Transport Stock were received it would be realized and the debt paid.
Mr. Settle said that he would give an undertaking to that effect.
MINISTER EXPLAINS NEW REGULATIONS IN the House of Commons last week 1 Mr. Ernest Davies moved that the Public Service Vehicles (Licences and Certificates) Regulations, 1952, be annulled. He said that he wished the Minister of Transport to explain why it was necessary to increase the charges for p.s.v. licences and certificates of fitness, and why the period during which objections may be lodged should be extended. The Minister replied that he did not think the higher charges for licences and certificates of fitness would cause difficulties. These charges were made to cover the cost of administration, and he reminded the House that the fee for a certificate was reduced from £5 to £3 in 1939.
He contended that because of the increased complications that arise to-day in connection with deciding passenger transport applications, it was desirable that the period during which objections could be lodged should be lengthened.
The motion was withdrawn.
COMPANY WITHDRAWS APPLICATION
LUXURY coaches were left in a "dirty condition" by factory employees who travelled in them to and from work, the West Midland Licensing Authority was told, last week, when Central Coachways (Walsall), Ltd., asked to withdraw its application for an express service from Walsall to carry workers of Hardy, Spicer and Co., Ltd., Witton, Birmingham.
Mr. A. D. McLachlan, manager of the applicant concern, said: We wish to withdraw the application because of the dirty condition of the passengers who travel backwards and forwards."
Mr. D. E. Skelding, representing c48
G. H. Austin and Sons, Ltd., said that he would have objected to the application for an express service had it not been withdrawn. His client had more suitable vehicles for carrying the workers, and was willing to operate a service.
The Authority's decision was deferred to allow the two companies to reach agreement with regard to a change-over.
FEWER STUDENTS FROM PASSENGER TRANSPORT
ADECREASE in the number of students from the passenger transport industry and an increase in those from haulage is revealed in the annual report of the National Committee on Road Transport Education. There was a drop in the total number of candidates in 1951 compared with the previous year-619 as against 834. The number of papers worked' fell from 2,090 to 1,621.
The committee finds these reductions difficult to explain. The greatest proportional decrease was in the number of bus conductors and inspectors, but the total of clerks who took examinations rose. The number of candidates from the staffs of road haulage undertakings was more than • double . the 1950 figure, The proportion of candidates who passed in elements of road transport engineering was much higher than in any other subject. Lecturers and examiners remarked on the difficulties that students found in expressing themselves on paper. It is hoped that the Royal Society of Arts will introduce a new examination syllabus in English to meet the needs of this kind of student.
UNLADEN LORRY NOT SUBJECT TO SPEED LIMIT?
MUNEATON magistrates last week 11 dismissed a prosecution brought against a lorry driver accused of ex ceeding the speed limit. Thedefence had contended that a goods vehicle was subject to a speed limit provided it was carrying goods, but that it was not a "goods vehicle" when it was empty. The driver, Leonard Alfred Howells, 132, Wentworth Road, Overslade Estate, Rugby, pleaded not guilty. The prose cuting solicitor, Mr. J. H. Oldham, said that Howells had driven his lorry, which was unladen, along a derestricted road at 42-44 m.p.h. He had been followed by a police car. The magistrates were asked by Mr. Oldham to state a case.
MAY EXPORTS VALUE
EXPORTS of vehicles in May were valued at £43.4m. The average for the first quarter was £46.3m. a month. Shipments to Australia dropped in value from n average of £9.3m. to £3,7m. The reduction in exports to Australia and New Zealand was partly offset by increases in deliveries to Canada and the United States.
95 B.H.P. Engine in Commer F.W.D.
A LARGE overhead-valve petrol IA engine, pressure-cooling and a reinforced frame form some features of the Commer four-wheel-drive chassis, of 13-ft 11-in, wheelbase, which is to be offered on specified civilian markets. Equipped with 11.00-20-in. cross-country tyres, it is rated as a 3-4ton model for off-the-road operation, and, with a gross weight of 74 tons, is geared to climb 1-in-21 gradients.
The engine is a 33.8 h.p. vertical unit developing 95 b.h.p. at 3,000 r.p.m., the governed speed, and 225 lb. ft. torque at 1,200 r.p.m. Governing is through a Solex down-draught carburetter which is dustand water-proofed, and fed with air through a W.D.-type air cleaner. A 24-gallon petrol tank is fitted.
A five-row tube stack radiator is employed operating at a pressure of 10 lb. per sq. in. and having an 18-in.diameter six-bladed fan working in a cowl. In the drive to the front axle, the differential assembly is interchangeable with the Unit in the rear axle, and steering is through Tracta conitantvelocity joints. The standard axle ratio is 6.57 to 1 and the gearbox ratios are 6.414, 3.366, 1.788 and 1 to I forward. The transfer box, with ratios of 1.269 and 2.175 to 1, has selective drive to the front axle on the higher gear.
PROFESSIONAL CARRIERS WILL BE EMPLOYED IF professional carriers can do their job in the way that providers of traffic require, they will be employed. This statement is made in the annual report of the Traders' Road Transport Association. It is stated that measures to secure an efficient railway system will be supported, provided that these do not entail any restrictions upon other forms of transport.
In the year ended December 31, 1951, the Association had an income of £41,346. Its outgoings totalled £38,252, leaving a balance of £3,049.
OBITUARY
xyx regret to announce the death of TV MR. J. A. THOMSON, CpL. W. C. DF.VEREUX, C.13.E., and Ma. R. ELLIOTT.
Mr. Thomson, who was. chairman and managing director of Brown Brothers, Ltd., died on June 21, aged 72. He was well known and liked in the industry, and was a director of other companies, including Joseph Lucas, Ltd. He was president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders for the year 1936-37.
Col. Devereux, who also died on June 21, was one of the personalities of the light-metals industry. Long associated with High Duty. Alloys, Ltd:, which he founded, he became managing director of Almin, Ltd., and chairman of a number of other well-known companies.
Mr. Elliott, who was 83, was a Lynton, Devon, coachbuilder and motor engineer.