Hauliers Fined for Overloading
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AFTER pleading guilty to causing a lorry to be overloaded, Neill and Brown (Transport), Ltd., Humber Dock Street, Hull, timber importers, were fined £10 and ordered to pay £6 I Is. 6d. costs by Northumberland County magistrates, at Newcastle, last week. Their plea was made by letter.
Mr. C. L. Arlidge, prosecuting,, said that it was the first case of this nature in the county. Importers and other consignors of goods should realize that they were liable to prosecution for overloading.
He said that the company hired a lorry owned by a Dalkeith concern to carry a load of plywood. The driver, who was instructed by his employers to pick up no more than 13 tons, became alarmed at the apparent overloading of his lorry. But he was assured by employees of Neill and Brown that his load was just over 13 tons, and that, with his unladen weight. he would be just within his limit of 20 ions.
When the lorry was stopped at Stannington, Northumberland, it was found to be overloaded by 2 tons 2 cwt. The driver went on to Dalkeith. where the lorry owner, annoyed at what had happened, especially as he was to be paid only for a load of 13 tons, reported the matter to the police. They also checked the weight and found the lorry to be overloaded.
For the Hull concern a solicitor's letter stated that they had estimated the load of plywood as being just over 13 tons and the driver had accepted the load in good faith.
NEW PLAN TO FINANCE TUNNEL 'THE Channel Tunnel Study Group 1 have submitted to the British and French Governments new proposals for financing the Channel Tunnel project. Under the new scheme the railways would not have to contribute to the cost of building the tunnel and no direct Government guarantees would be needed. All risks would be taken by the shareholders.
In a booklet published last week, Maj.Gen. Sir Edward Spears, chairman of the Institute of Directors, opposes the tunnel project on the grounds of cost and national security.
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2-1 A NEW forward-engincd passenger
chassis — the B1600 series — introduced recently by van Doorne's Automobilfabriek. N.V., has Silentbloc rubber-bushed pins at all its springanchorage points. Although the use of such components is fairly common in the private-car field, it is unusual to find a heavy-duty chassis thus equipped. Conventional semi-elliptic springs are employed at both axles, and there is a swinging shackle at the rear of each spring. Rubber helper springs are also incorporated.