Ticket Machine Turned Back
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WHEN a conductor of Middlesbrongh VI' Transport Department was charged with embezzlement, last week, it was alleged that by turning back the handle of his ticket-issuing machine which was not in proper working order., he was able to issue tickets bearing numbers similar to those already given. Entries in his waybill, it was stated, were fictitious.
The defendant, Michael M. Picincu, City Road, Middlesbrough, pleaded not guilty. He told the court that he had no need to steal and that the machines often became faulty. When an inspector boarded his bus unexpectedly, discrepancies between the numbers of the tickets issued and that registered on his machine were discovered.
SEEING THE DANGER SPOTS TO investigate danger spots in the country's road system, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, Lt.-Cdr. Gurney Braithwaite, is to make a 750-mile tour in January: his route will run from London to South Wales, and during Whitsun he intends to visit Yorkshire.
Road-safety committees and councillors in the various districts to be passed through will meet the Parliamentary Secretary to discuss their difficulties, and on his return he will report to the Minister, OBITUARY
WE regret to announce the death of VV MR. G. C. CAMPBELL-TAYLOR, M.I.MECH.E., MINST., on December 18, after a long illness. He was for many years general manager of the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., Derby, and retired in 1946.
We regret to announce also the death of MR. A. A. CLIKsTEN, chairman of J. Gliksten and Son. Ltd. He was assistant director of Timber Control during the war,
MUST SEEK CONSENT MOTTINGHAM has been advised by 11 the East Midlands Licensing Authority to apply for consent under the Road Traffic Act, 1930, to run buses between Trent Bridge and Wilford Lane. The transport department already operates buses along this stretch under an agreement with West Bridgford Urban District Council under the West Bridgford Urban District Act, 1927, which was not repealed by the 1950 measure.
IN A LINE OR TWO The 1952 Cycle and Motor Cycle Show is to be held at Earls Court, London, from November 15-22.
The address of the British Agricultural Contractors' Association is now 79-80, Petty France, London, S.W.1.
Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., has increased the wholesale prices of petrol and derv. by Id. per gallon with effect from December 21. This is the fifth increase this year.