How C-licensee Can Get Round the Law
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THE Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority last week suggested to a C-licensee how he could carry loads on his otherwise empty return journeys. Mr. J. Corrieri, a Callander timber merchant, asked for an A licence so that he could carry loads on runs back from Lanarkshire and Fife.
There was, the Deputy Authority said, an abundance of transport in Lanarkshire, and there were no exceptional circumstances which would make him consider granting the application. He added: "If you like to buy the material, then sell it again, you could bring it back in your own lorry. I am not suggesting you should do anything irregular, but that is one way of getting round it."
HEAVY LOADS: MINISTER'S _ INVESTIGATION
THE Minister of Transport is examin
ing the position in regard to the transport by road of abnormal indivisible loads and hopes shortly to discuss the matter with the principal interests concerned.
He gave this information in a written answer to Major Anstruther-Gray last week.
Opening the Motor Show last week. Lord Montgomery said: "We could with advantage remove certain bulky and heavy weights from our roads and transport them more easily and cheaply by coastal sea traffic and by canal, and thus make the roads safer and more convenient for the general public."
R.R.S. DID NOT OWN VEHICLES
DECISION was reserved by the East Midland Licensing Authority when he heard an application by British Road Services to license nine vehicles of the Littlemore depot which had been found to be not technically owned by B.R.S. They were subject to what amounted to a hire-purchase agreement extending over 10 years witl the Ministry of Food.
Application was made last year for a free A licence for 315 vehicles at the depot and only later was it discovered that nine did not actually belong to B.R.S: Subsequent inquiries revealed that there were 100 such vehicles at depots all over the country.
For B.R.S., Mr. L. C. Pratley stated that the vehicles had been fully employed for many years. If the application were refused, services would be disrupted.
Objections were lodged by Messrs. W. C. Amey and Son, Abingdon, and J. Curtis and Sons, Ltd., Botley.
• CHINA MAKES GIANT TYRES
GIANT tyres are being made in China. Workers at a factory in Tsingtao have been trained by Russian experts to produce tyres for 13-ton six-wheelers and 44-seat buses. Production machinery was supplied from Russia.