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A S forecast in The Commercial Motor, no tender has been received for the business of B.R.S. (Parcels), Ltd. The Road Haulage Association have stated that the Government should ensure that the parcels network is operated efficiently independently of the British Transport Commission. If private capital were to be attracted, the company must be divorced from control by the B.T.C.
The Transport (Disposal of Road Haulage Property) Bill permits the shares to be sold piecemeal, instead of in one lot, and authorizes the Commission to defer their offer until the market seems propitious. When the prospectus of B.R.S. (Parcels), Ltd., was published on October 25, only six months' trading results were available. When results over a longer period can he shown, private capital may be attracted.
RECORDS "SADLY DEFICIENT" " QADLY deficient" was how a
1---) fruiterer's vehicle records were described before Sheffield magistrates last week. John Crookes, Birdwell Road, Sheffield, was slated to hold a B licence to carry produce within five miles, but the vehicle was used to bring plums from Retford.
He was fined £54 on 18 counts of abuse of the licence and failure to keep proper records, and asked for 65 other offences to be considered. An advocate's fee of £8 8s, was also allowed. Two drivers were each fined £6 and asked for a total of 65 other offences to be considered.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of Ma, HAROLD ARNOLD IL rpm s and MR. JOHN AMBLER.
Mr. Tippetts was chairman and joint managing director of L. H. Newton and Co., Ltd., which .concern he acquired some 35 years ago and subsequently built up. He was 67.
Mr. Ambler became a member Of the board of Leyland Motors, Ltd., in 1945 after a long association with the company as legal adviser. He was 54.
BIGGER BUSES BY U.A.S. WHEN United Automobile Services, W Ltd., successfully applied to the Northern Licensing Authority to take over the services of Messrs. James and Mosley, reductions in the frequencies were sanctioned after it was explained that bigger vehicles would be employed. A promise was given that services would be restored if the need arose.
"USE SHIPS FOR BIG LOADS" rOASTAL shipping, which would cost about the same as road transport, should be employed for the movement of abnormal indivisible loads, say Goole Chamber of Commerce and Shipping, who have impressed this view upon the Association of British Chambers of Commerce.