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Upon Appeal
THE Northern Licensing Authority
last week granted a variation to the conditions of a B licence held by J. and W. Watt, Ltd., Carlisle, on the understanding that the grant would stand or fall by the result of an appeal which is to be heard by the Transport Tribunal.
Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for the company, said that they had understood that their application for a variation in the conditions of another B licence in January applied also to the one now concerned.
British Railways, who objected, agreed that the evidence given in January could still apply, and that a short-term licence, effective until the appeal was heard, could be granted.
The Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, said that if the applicants were prepared to stand or fall by the decision on the appeal, the application would be granted. if the appeal succeeded, both licences would revert to the original conditions.
The grant was for the carriage of coal and coke within a 40-mile radius of Carlisle, excluding coal from St. Helen's Colliery; other goods 60 miles; and lime in bulk in four northern counties and southern Scotland.
AMALGAMATION WOULD IMPROVE SERVICE
ACCORDING to expert opinion, the amalgamation of the Grimsby and Cleethorpes bus undertakings would save thousands of pounds a year and result in a more efficient service, the town clerk of Grimsby, Mr. L. W. Heeler, told the East Midland Licensing Authority, when the corporation applied for fare increases.
The proposals, which included a 2d. minimum fare, were approved. They are expected to yield an extra £21,000 in a full year.
LOAD 1 TON 8 CWT. OVERWEIGHT
ALORRY carrying steel bars stopped by police in Attercliffe Road, Sheffield, was found to be 1 ton 8 cwt. overweight, it was stated at Sheffield on 'Monday.
The driver, William Arthur Lightfoot, was fined £1, and the owners, Henry Richard Pinchbeck and Frank Reginald Wilson, all of Rotherham, £4 each, for using the lorry when it transmitted to the road surface a weight exceeding 14 tons, and when two wheels in-line transmitted more than 9 tons..
GARDEN PARKING
THE intention of Croydon Borough Council to introduce regulations to prohibit the parking of trade vehicles , in front gardens has been quashed by a House of Commons Standing Committee. A clause seeking the requisite powers had been inserted in the Croydon Corporation Bill.
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Commer-Kttrrier Rise in Exports
EXPORTS of Commer and Karrier vehicles during the first quarter of this year were 63 per cent. higher than during the same period last year. Mr. Brian Rootes, managing director of the Rootes Group's export division, said last week:
"Production of commercial vehicles last month was an all-time record and during the first quarter of this year was 49.2 per cent, higher than during the first quarter of 1955. This is the direct result of the commencement of our expansion programme.
"During the past 12 months, despite new import regulations and restrictions abroad, vehicles have been sold and delivered to nearly every market in the world, with the exception of those behind the iron curtain."
The introduction of the IS3 engine had enabled the organization to open up a number of markets which were previously biased in favour of foreign petrol-engined vehicles, claimed Mr. Rootes.
Sales to dollar countries during the first quarter of this year were 28 per cent, higher than last, and exports to Europe were doubled.
B.M.M.0.-BIRMINGHAM AGREEMENT TO END?
AN electioneering controversy has revealed that the Birmingham Transport Committee have decided to give the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., a year's notice, as from September, to terminate the arrangement whereby the company operates the Walsall Road group of services for the corporation.
These services, which carry heavy traffic, are interworked with the company's service to Walsall and have been operated by the B.M.M.O. undertaking for many years.
In view of the shortage of staff to work the services which the corporation already run, this decision has provoked considerable criticism in the city.
"Road Quicker Than Railways" VIDENCE that road delivery was 1-Y cheaper and quicker than rail was given to the East Midlands Licensing Authority last week by Mr. John Smith, of Worms and Co., Ltd., Grimsby, shipowners and brokers.
McVeigh Transport, Ltd., Grimsby, applied for an A licence to operate 12 articulated lorries and six other vehicles. Eight local hauliers, the railways and British Road Services objected.
Mr. A. C. G. Rothera said that the applicants experienced difficulty in satisfying demands and had to employ sub-contractors. Mr. H. Thomas, manager of Kenwick Whiting Works, Louth, alleged that the B.R.S. unit at Louth had "deteriorated to the point of uselessness," but the applicants always met his requirements when they had vehicles available.
Mr. C. Brookes, general manager of a firm of Grimsby shipping agents, said that the applicants delivered 80 per cent. of his firm's consignments satisfactorily. Present facilities at Grimsby Docks for loading road vehicles were good, but by rail they were bad on the east side of the Royal Dock.
The hearing was adjourned sine die. The Authority said that he would visit Grimsby Docks.
ART OF CELLULOSE SPRAYING
ARECENT addition to the literature on the subject of spray painting is "Cellulose Spraying for Garages," published by George Newnes, Ltd., at 12s. 6d.
The small man will find the book particularly useful, and it may be that those who have wide experience in the work will be able to learn from it.
The perfection of the finished job depends upon the manner in which the surface is prepared, and this is but one of the subjects which are dealt with down to the smallest detail. Anyone concerned with the use of the spray gun for body finishing will find this book of great help.