£12 FINE FOR EXCEEDING SPEED LIMIT.
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A lorry driver pleaded at Aberdare Police Court, when convicted of exceeding the speed limit with a heavy vehicle, for an increase of the fine imposed, in order that the suspension of his licence for two years, as ,at first ordered, might be averted.
Defendant, who hailed from Liverpool, was fined 210 and his licence suspended for two years. The magistrates said that he had been fined several times for exceeding the speed limit and apparently he ignored the Road Traffic Act.
Defendant pleaded that he would lose his employment. He had recently been married. Could not the bench increase the fine and not suspend the licence?
The magistrates, after consultation, altered the penalty to a 212 fine, without suspension of the licence.
New Roads for Kent.
Kent County Council has approved road construction and improvement schemes which will include a by-pass for Maidstone. The estimated cost of the schemes is 2424,825. They are subject to the Ministry of Transport making a grant of 75 per cent.
Ambulance Operating Costs Reduced.
During the past working year, Sheffield ambulance services have carried a record number of patients, and travelled a record number of miles, at a cost lower than that incurred in the previous year. In all, 51,114 patients were carried, compared with 47,205 in the previous year, and the mileage was 231,725, against 217,331, The total cost was 210,110 (10.47d. per mile), as compared with 210,133 (11.19d, per mile) a year earlier.
"The Aeroplane's" 25th Birthday.
Next week's issue of The Aeroplane (published on Thursday) will complete 25 years of existence of that paper. To commemorate this fact a special Twenty-fifth Birthday Number will be published. It will contain a general sketch of aviation 25 years ago, and a brief review of the succeeding years. Certain of the pioneers will contribute their views on the progress of aviation during this period.