No -fleet Increase Since Pre-war
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\WHEN Messrs. G. Tinsley. an-d Son. VV. Wigan, applied to the NorthWestern Licensing Authority last week to add a furniture van to their A licence. it was stated that they had been in business for 50 years but had had no fleet increase since before the war.
For the firm; Mr. J.. A. Dunkerley said that the improved standard of living enjoyed by the mining community had resulted in a big increase in removals. New furniture was carried for the Jays and Woodhouse concerns, and Messrs. Fazackerley, who were to open three new shops. More than 3,000 houses had been built in the Wigan area in the past five years.
in the year ended March, 1956, the firm's trade had risen £1.500 in value. Three existing vehicles were used for furniture and four for meat haulage. Granting the application. the Authority said that the revenue figures produced by the firm should have been broken down between the two classes of work.
The railways and British Road Services withdrew their objections.
TYRE RATES UP—AND DOWN
-1-1 A SUM of £2,272 will be added to Nottingham Transport Department's tyre bill in a full year, following' an increase in charges by Dunlop. Goodyear and Firestone. For trolleybuses the cost per mile has risen from 1.016d. to I.0178d, and for motorbuses from 0.806d. to 0.847d. in the current financial year, the increases will cost an extra £1.136.
Goodyear have reduced their mileage rate for Exeter Transport Department from 0.785d, to 0.766d, per mile. In a full year the department will save about £150.
£57 FINES FOR BREACHES rINE,S totalling £57 were imposed on I George Braithwaite. aged 59, Albert Terrace. Beverley, at Beverley, when he pleaded guilty to 19 summonses for using a vehicle to carry for persons other than those specified in his B licence_ He was also ordered to pay £19 19s. costs.
Mr. E. Paterson. defending. said that an airfield was being prepared for the 1J.5. Air Force and Braithwaite had committed the offences through his sense of the national urgency of the work.
OLD VEHICLES TO GO
ALL old vehicles, some of them dating back over 20 years, are to be replaced by Bristol Co-operative Society. Battery-electries will be purchased and greater use will be made of oilers.
Two Morris oil-engined vans, with bodies built in the Society's own workshops, have been put into service. To reduce maintenance costs, heavy vehicles may be fitted with light-alloy floors.