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slowed by all difficult:es of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John Beattie Crozier.
TRANSPORT COUNCIL ON CO-ORDINATION.
Co-ordination of road and rail transport was, we understand, one of the most important subjects for discussion at a meeting of the Transport Advisory Council, .held yesterday (Thursday), although we have no knowledge of representations by the industry itself on this vital matter. Other questions for consideration included vehicle unladen weights and speed limits.
Pointers on the Oil Tax..
. An interesting pamphlet . dealing xvith the effects ofthe 7d., per gallon . „ -increase ot taxation. on heavy .oil and
the position which the oil .engine still occupies, has been • prepa.red-by Mr. W. H. Goddard, A.M.I.Mech.E., Jessamine Avenue, Beeston, Leeds, 11. Mr. Goddard is the sole agent in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire • for, Gardner high-speed oil engines for conversion purposes.
• Conversions from 'petrol to oil are still -being effected and . are giving extraordinarily goad results; in fact, the reliability of the Gardner engine is such that some municipal-transport engineers are considering the purchase of new engines for part-worn vehicles and transferring these engines to new Chassis as the need occurs.
Sequel to High Court Case.
The sequel to the successful appeal to the High Court by the Monmouthshire police against the refusal of the Newport (county) magistrates to convict Mr. Geo. C. Wadsworth, Junior, the well-known Cardiff haulier, of permitting or causing the use of a tractor with a trailer, the wheels not being equipped with pneumatic or cushion tyres, was the rehearing of the cases by the magistrates, on June 29. The appeal hearing was reported in the issue of The Commercial Motor dated June 7.
Mr. Wadsworth was fined £2 in each of the two cases of permitting, and £1 on a third summons for a similar offence. The driver of the tractor was lined Is. on each summons for using the vehicle in this way.
It was stated that penalties imposed on Mr. Wadsworth in 50 convictions for motor offences ranged from £75 downwards, but only in nine cases had the magistrates ordered him to pay costs.
An Electro-deposition Exhibition.
Arrangements are in hand for holding an Electro-deposition Exhibition under the auspices of the ElectroDepositors' Technical Society, at the Science Museum, London, starting this mouth and continuing until October. The numerous aspects of electro-deposition will be fully represented and a feature of special interest will be its application to the repair of worn cirriponents of commercial vehicles. There will also be exhibits illustrating the method of producing nickeland chromium-plated finishes on motor parts. The exhibition will be open, free, daily from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. (Sundays 2.30 p.m. until 6 p.m.).
Road-accident Returns.
The following figures are extracted from the Ministry of Transport return of persons killed or injured in road accidents during the week ended June 22, 1935, the figures in parentheses being those for the corresponding week in 1934. The number of persons who died as a result of accidents during previous weeks is included in the total. In England 97 (114) persons were killed and 3,965 (4.474) injured, whilst in Scotland 15 (16) were killed and 437 (450) injured. The figures for Wales show that 6 (3) persons were killed and 188 (214) injured.
Beardmore Oil-engine Development. The Beardmore . concern is transferring from Dalmuir to Parkhead its plant" forthe production of oil engines: the transfer is to be' completed and • .production at Parkhead begun by the end of the year.
GO per cent. of Liverpool's Milk Road-borne:
Dr. W. M. Frazer, Liverpool Medical Officer of Health, in his annual report, states that some 60 per cent. of the milk supplied to the city is delivered
_lay road. -vehicles. The average daily -Consumption is about 45,000 gallons, of which 25 per cent. is produced from cows kept within the city ; 5,000 gallons are brought in daily by rail and 29,116 gallons by road.
The next Congress of the Institute of Transport will he held at Birmingham from May 20-23, 1936.
FORTHCOMING SITTINGS OF THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL.
July 22, King's Buildings, Smith Square. London, S.W.1. Boston Haulage Co., Ltd., against reiusal to levy an A licence (East Midland Areal.
FAILURE TO PAY AGREED WAGES A BREACH OF LAW.
An important decision—the first of its kind—was made by the Industrial Court, last week, on the subject ;if wages agreements. In a case brought by the Western Conciliation Board, against a Bristol haulier, it was alleged that the concern was not observing the provision relating to the payment of overtime for hours worked in excess of 48 a week.
The court ruled that, in so far as the concern does not pay the overtime rates set out in the Joint Conciliation Board's agreement, it is acting in contravention of Section 93(1) of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, as amended by Section 32 of the -Road and Rail
Traffic. Act, 1933. .
The importance of the court's ruling lies in the fact that the wages laid down by the National and Area Joint Conciliation Boards are now definitely established as the legal minimum' standards. Contravention of the wages conditions makes an offender liable to be dealt with " in all respects as if he had failed to comply with, a condition attached to his licence."
Many Vehicles Over Weight.
When a Morecambe haulier was summoned recently for using a vehicle of an unladen weight greater than that for, which it was licensed, some amazing figures were revealed in evidence by Mr. J. E. McComb, for Lanes County Council.
He said that during the 13 months, May 1, 1934, to May 31, 1935, 3,650 goods vehicles in Lancashire had been reweighed on approved machines, and 862 owners had had to pay no less than £4,503 in additional duty and arrears. This figure represents 23i per cent, of the vehicles re-weighed.
In the case under consideration, the defendant's vehicle was found to be 3 qrs. 25 lb. in excess ofthe weight limit. Although it was pointed out that there had been no intention to defraud the authorities, the Bench imposed a fine of £5 and costs.
It seems that the Lancashire authorities do not intend to give further warnings, Reports do not indicate, however, why this particular operator was summoned, whereas 862 others had apparently rectified their errors by paying the correct tax First-class Sales Manager Required.
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