Letters About Camp Servi ce"Outrageous"
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" THESE are two of the most outrageous documents I have ever seen. . . They should he sent to the Ministry of Transport to see what they think of them," Mr. T. D. Corpe told the Western Licensing Authority last week.
Mr. Coyne, for United Corsham Traders, Ltd., Corsham, who applied for permission to run services between local
Army camps and London and Ports-. mouth, was referring to letters written by the commanding officers of two Army units in Corsharn in support of a licence application made by Mr. I. R. Green, Winsley.
It was alleged that Mr. Green had been illegally operating services to the disadvantage of another concern, who had withdrawn their services on the Authority's advice.
Granting the application of United Corsham Traders, Mr. S. W. Nelson, chairman of the Authority, said he would check the effect on existing services before granting further licences.
Refusing Mr. Green's application, Mr. Nelson said "the camps were already provided with services, and if. Army personnel did not like the operator concerned they must find other means for transport. There was no evidence to justify the application.
DO DETERGENTS ROT WOOD?
THE technical department of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has been asked by the Sheffield Branch of the National Employers' Association of Vehicle Builders whether washing detergents attack wood.
Mr. H. Jacques told the branch that three van bodies which had regularly been washed with detergents showed appreciable amounts of rot in unexpected places. The bodies were seven or eight years old and each had been made by a different well-known coachbuilder.
He had been told by a member of the timber trade that domestic wooden draining boards were wearing out more quickly because of the wider use of detergents.
SCHOOL TRANSPORT DEARER
BECAUSE of increases in tenders for the work, Herefordshire Education Committee may consider running their own vehicles for school-children's transport. Mr. L. J. West, chairman of the transport sub-committee, reported last week that some tenders were twice as high as before. Only 99 .of 157 contracts had been awarded for the year ending August 31, 1956. New contracts would
cost an extra £6,000 a year. "
The committee were also told that the hired transport of school meals was becoming dearer, and ancillary vehicles might be required for this purpose as well.