Haulier Changed to Heavier:Vehicle
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4-1. A BRADFORD-hanlier who wanted a vehicle to carry ' wool . between factory arid mills purchased .a special A licence -attached. to a tractor without a semi-trailer. He immediately changed this for a . new vehicle, for whith',.he signed a blank application form.' The form received 'by the Licensing Authority stated a • weight of 3 tons 13 cwt., whereas, in fact, the vehicle weighed 13 cwt. more. This was stated in Leeds last week before Mr. J. H. A. Randrilph, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority. The haulier, Mr. A. McCormack, said that \he had never seen the tractor. He took the, licence to a dealer and asked him to obtain a new platform vehicle for him. Cross-examined by Mr. A. W. Balne, for the British Transport Commission, Mr. McCormack said that he completed the purchase of the tractor in December, 1958. He did not know what vehicle had been assigned to 'him at the time of purchase. The new vehicle had been delivered in January, 1959. He had never had it weighed. " You filled in a form in December neither knowing nor caring what the weight was? " asked Mr. BaIne. "If a salesman sells it to me, and he tells me he is going to get it, I buy it from him," replied Mr. McCormack. He agreed that he took DO steps to ensure that he got a vehicle of 3 tons 13 cwt. The hearing was adjourned so that a statement of earnings, the vehicle's log book, weight ticket and any correspondence between vendor and purchaser relating to the unit could be produced.
STANDING BAN LIFTED
BUSMEN at St. Helens have agreed to allow standing passengers in a 73-seat bus. This has not been used since it was bought several weeks ago because of a union ban on standing passengers. The men have agreed to five standing passengers at peak times only.
-Motorway Petrol Vehicle As Efficient As Oiler
1—k A COMMERCIAL vehicle with, an advanced -type of petiol engine. and used exclusively on motorwaYs should
operate as efficiently as an oiler. •
This clairn was made on Tuesday by Mr. C. L. Gooelacre, of the Associated Ethyl, Co., Ltd.,at a meeting of the Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London. He was one of a number of speakers who discussed the .desirability of high coinpression• ratios for petrol engines. Mr. Gooclacre said that a motorway vehicle would need 'costly high-octane fuel. A ratio of 15 to I was probably the highest which could be obtained with existing British cylinder-head design, but the American General Motors Corporation had experimented with Tatios of 25 to 1. High compression ratios reduced exhaust-Valve temperatures and noise levels. A .Hillman Minx engine, the ratio of which had been raised from 8 to I to 11 to 1, gave 25-40 per cent, better fuel consumption.
NEW TILLING WAGE AGREEMENT
I T is expected that there will shortly be a new revision of the draft agreement on the procedure to be followed in settling future negotiations on wages for clerical and supervisory staffs of the Tilling companies. The first draft submitted by three trade unions in September was amended by the employers to an unacceptable degree. Much agreement was, however, reached at later discussions and the employers are making further revisions.
SURVEY TALK• THE survey of C-licensed vehicles made by. the Traders' Road Transport Association will be the subject of a talk by Mr. H. R. Featherstone, assistant national secretary of the Association, at the White Horse Hotel, Congreve Street, Birmingham, 3, on December 14 at 2.30 p.m.