Four More For Bristow's
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THE Transport Tribunal last week ruled that C. Bristow, Ltd., of London, who, in August, 1959, had 47 vehicles revoked by the Metropolitan
Licensing Authority because of irregularities in application forms, should "from now onwards" be treated as if those events had not happened.
They were giving their decision on an appeal by Bristow's against a •decision by the Deputy Metropolitan Licensing Authority who bed refused to grant them an addition of 41 Vehicles (articulated and non-articulated) to their A licence. The firm were granted four vehicles.
Sir Hubert Hull, president of the Tribunal, in his judgment, said that it had been urged upon the Deputy L.A. by Mr. C. R. Beddington, for Bristow's, that the time had now come when the firm should be restored to its previous position. The cardinal question for the Deputy Authority, and for the Tribunal —though before the Tribunal it presented itself in a different form---was whether. and, if at all, to what extent, should the past bad conduct of the applicant company be taken into account in accordance with the 1933 and 1960 Acts in considering their application.
The Deputy Authority had come to the conclusion that that bad conduct could not be ignored," said Sir Hubert, " but we have arrived at a different conclusion." This did not mean that the Deputy L.A. was wrong. He was dealing with the !irm in December. 1959. and the Tribunal was dealing with the matter at the end of July, 1961.
After paying the most careful attention to Mr. Beddington's observations, he said. the Tribunal had found it impossible to arrive at anything approaching a mathematical answer to the question of what addition should be made to the appli
cants' fleet. They did not understand how the Deputy L.A. had arrived at the small grant he had made.
Dealing with the matter as it was before them today, the Tribunal felt that double the quantity of vehicles granted by the Deputy Licensing Authority in December was the right figure. This meant that the firm would be allowed to operate eight vehicles on A licence.
DAIMLER-BENZ FROM SPAIN THE Spanish company Empress 1 Nacional de Motores de Aviacfon S.A. is to start production of goods vehicles and vans under licence from Daimler-Benz AG, of Stuttgart. Initial production will be of two Daimler-Benz models of the Mercedes-Benz range. both of which will be powered by the Spanish firm's 0M-636 four-stroke diesel engine. This four-cylinder unit is water-cooled and has an efficiency of about 46 h.p.
S.A. BUYS JAP TRUCKS THE Japanese Nissan Motor Co. has contrac!ed to supply South Africa with 8.600 pick-up trucks, 2,400 of which will be shipped to the new republic this year. 2,700 next year. and 3.500 in 1963. 427