Inadequate View From Fork Truck
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PAA DEC1SION that the torward view from the driving cab of an S.D. Freightlifter fork-lift truck was inadequate and that,. therefore, the British Transport Commission illegally used one on the public road, was taken by Buckinghamshire Appeals _Committee at Aylesbury on Monday, The Commission • had appealed against a conviction at Slough, when a 410 fine, with costs, was imposed. Mr. W. A. Fearnley-Whittingstall, Q.C., for the B.T.C., said that the appliance had
• been designed to comply with the Construction and Use Regulations. Members of the committee climbed into the cab of a Freightlifter and the chairman had to use his casting vote to decide the case.
A spokesman of British Railways, Western Region, said later that the committee's findings would have to be considered, but nine Freightlifters due to be delivered out of an order for 30 would be put into service in the Region.
NOTTINGHAM MAKES A PROFIT AGAIN THE annual report of Nottingham i Transport Committee, published on Tuesday, shows that for the second successive year the undertaking ' has made a profit. The total is £56,281, compared with £54,480 the previous year. There will, however, be a deficiency at the end of the current year and, says the report, consideration will soon have to be given to an increase of fares.
Total income rose by almost £100,000 to £1,858,282. Reserves and revenue balances now amount to a little under £50,000, which is the most favourable position that has existed since 1949.