OFFENCE TO USE TYRES OVERDUE FOR RETREADING I N a
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Parliamentary question addressed to Mr. Noel-Baker, Rear-Admiral Bearuish last week asked when it was intended to introduce legislation imposing penalties on operators of commercial vehicles who surrendered tyres which were worn to an extent that rendered them unfit for retreading. Was it not the case, he inquired, that the need for such legislation had been generally agreed to for some months past by the Ministry of Supply, Tyre Control?
The Ministry of War Transport, in zonjunction with the Ministry of Supply and other Departments concerned, replied the Parliamentary Secretary, was now considering the adoption of an Order which would make it an offence to use a pneumatic tyre on any vehicle if the cotton or other similar fabric of the tyre were visible.
HAULIER FINED FOR
UNDERPAYMENT OFFENCES 1N.ECENTLY, in the Sheriff's Court at Duns, Berwickshire, Mr. John Campbell, of Messrs. John and George Campbell, of Oxton, Berwickshire, employers in the haulage industry, was prosecuted by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, under the Road Haulage Wages Act, 1938, for underpaying four male workers and failing to post notices. The defendant pleaded guilty. He was fined 21 on each underpayment charge and Li for failing to post notices—a total of 25.