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FOLLOWING a petition by the National Road Transport Federation on behalf of its three constituent organizations, a seleCt committee of• the House of Lords, last Friday,. directed that Clause 54 should be deleted from the Tottenham Corporation Bill. It would have given the corporation power to prohibit the parking of commercial vehicles in any street • in the borough between midnight and 6 a.m.
Mr. David Karmel, Q.C., for the N.R.T.F., stated that the inclusion. of the clause would create a precedent for action against the interests of commercial-vehicle operators in other parts of the country. He suggested that the Minister of Transport had ample powers to prohibit the parking of vehicles and that additional legislation was unnecessary.
RAIL TRAVEL "MORE COMFORTABLE" 'THAN ROAD
%y/HEN Scout Motor Services, Ltd., W and W. C. Standerwick, Ltd.. applied to the North-western Licensing Authority, last week, to operate Blackpool-London services all the year round, Mr. G. H. P. Beames, for the Railway Executive argued that the night journey by rail was more comfortable than road travel, and said that the companies' application was wit h ou t foundation.
Mr. W. Blackhurst, for the applicants, said that the service, which now ran only in the summer, took 12 hours. The rail journey occupied about 41 hours-10.39 p.m. to 3 a.m.—but "Who wants to get in at that hour?" he asked.
The decision was reserved.
R.A.F. STATION SERVICES: LAYFIELD APPEAL.
AN appeal by Layfield Bus Services, Ltd., Thornaby-on-Tees, against the refusal of the Northern Licensing Authority to grant a licence to run services from Goosepool Station, was heard by Capt. E. C. P. Lascelles last week.The Railway Executive, United Automobile Services, Ltd., and Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., appeared as respondents.
The Authority had granted permission to U.A.S. to provide-the facilities concerned and Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for the appellant, argued that a monopoly had been created.
The inspector's findings were to be reported to the Minister.
STANDARD TO INVEST IN AUSTRALIA?
INVESTIGATION of the possibiliIties of investing many millions of pounds in Australia is part of the policy of the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., Sir John Black, deputy chairinan and managing director, told a Press conference held in Sydney last' week. lie added that the company was prepared to train inexperienced laboUr in the manufacture of -tractors.