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"Shooting Brake" Needs Licence

2nd July 1954, Page 55
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STIRLING magistrates last week decided that a vehicle which was variously described as a shooting brake,

utility and a traveller's car, required a C licence and imposed a El fine on its owner, with the alternative of 10 days' imprisonment.

Charles S. McKinnon, aged 45, 37 Abbey Road, Stirling, a cooked-meat specialist, pleaded not guilty to using a vehicle constructed or adapted for the riarriage of goods without a carrier's licence.

The prosecutor said that the vehicle was so constructed that goods could be ',auk& To remove the back seat of a car was surely an adaptation, he said.

Defendant's agent pointed out that us client had paid the private-car rate of purchase tax when he bought the 'chicle. Police witnesses said that they ound half-careases and a cured ham n the back of defendant's.vehicle when hey stopped it.

The magistrates inspected the vehicle nd on returning found McKinnon nifty.

1VESTOCK HAULIER ASKS FOR GREATER RADIUS

HAULIER'S fear that he would A. lose much of his livestock traffic ter decontrol on July 3 led to his tplication to the Eastern Deputy censing Authority to operate within 200-mile radius.

The applicant, Mr. H. M. Smith, West ersea, possessed a B licence to collect thin 10 miles and deliver inside 35 les. The Authority allowed him to lect within 10 miles, but to deliver bin 200 miles and commented that stock haulage was to become "more less a free for all."

Thjections were lodged by Mr. G. W. rd, of Birch, and British Railways.

RPLUS AT WOLVERHAMPTON SURPLUS of £26,277—the first since 1948—was made by Wolveripton Transport Department in 3-54. This compared with a deficit 14,344 on the previous year.

their report to the council, the sport committee stated that ough the overall cost of services had inued to increase, the satisfactory ng results had been achieved partly idjustments in fares and partly as esult of increasing efforts to omite.

THERN TATTOO PROVIDES BIG COACH BUSINESS

E first large military tattoo to be 'aged in the United Kingdom since war is • in progress at Roundhay Leeds, this week, and is drawing numbers of coaches from a wide in the north. Preparations were to handle more than 100,000 each evening.

eview of coach bookings showed reservations from the West Rid' ing, Hull, Goole, Grimsby, Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough, Stocktonon-Tees, and the north-east coast towns.

Large numbers were also booked from Manchester and the north-west, Sheffield and south Yorkshire, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester and the Midlands,, as well as from many places further afield. Probably the record for distance travelled will go to a coach which is coming up from Devon for the event.

Elaborate arrangements were made to deal with possible breakdowns, and three motor traders provided mobile equipment and staffs. The Military Field, off Park Avenue, is being covered by Appleyard of Leeds, Ltd., the grandstand ticket holders' park in Mansion Lane by Rowland Winn, Ltd„ and the Connaught Field by Brown and White (Leeds), Ltd.

1955 COPENHAGEN FAIR

AA BRITISH trade fair and exhibition will be held in Copenhagen from September 29 October 16, 1955. Inquiries may be directed to British Overseas Fairs, Ltd., 21 Tothill Street, London, S.W.1. The last British fair in 1948 attracted over lm. visitors.

Comparative Figures of Accidents

rOMPARAT1VE figures of motorbus and trolleybus accidents in London during 1953 were given to Mr. Page by Mr. H. Molson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, last week.

Central motorbuses were involved in 12,511 accidents (44.81 per million vehicle-miles) and trolleybuses 3.934 (52.99). Total casualties in connection with motorbus accidents were 13,273 (47.54 per million vehicle-miles) and in connection with trolleybuses 4,313 (58.1).

BETTER SERVICES IN BOMBAY

MORE than 200 new single-deck buses are to replace existing vehicles operated in Bombay by the B.E.S.T. undertaking, according to the new general manager, Mr. B. P. Patel.

One hundred new vehicles will he placed in service within the next 10 months, and 140 others have been budgeted for. The new fleet will also reinforce existing services, Mr. Patel has also stated that the undertaking is considering the introduction of trolleybuses.


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