Tribunal Uphold B.T.C. A-licence Appeal
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T"grant of an A licence for three vehicles owned by Messrs. E. Craton and Son, Sidcup (Kent), was overruled by the Transport Tribunal in London, last week. The British Transport Commission appealed against the Metropolitan Licensing Authority's decision on the ground that two vehicles were sufficient for the concern's require
ments. •
Mr. J. R. Samuel-Gibbon, for the Commission, said the business was acquired from Mrs. E. Craton, widow of the former owner, by Mr. H. F. King, one of the drivers. Apart from three months during fuel rationing, one of the vehicles had not been used for five years.
Mr. King told the Tribunal that the vehicle in question was not in good con
dition and financial considerations forced him to keep it laid up. He had. however, made a comfortable living" ith the other two.
Allowing the appeal, Mr. Herbert Hull, president, said it was clear only two vehicles were justified at the moment. If Mr. King could find regular work for the other vehicle, he could make a fresh application on that basis.
FOREIGN-STYLE ROAD SIGNS TRIED AT SLOUGH
FIFTEEN experimental direction signs copying Continental and American practice are being tried in Slough by the Ministry of Transport, the Road Research Laboratory and Slough Borough Council.
By abandoning the small name panels used. on British signs, the Continental pattern enables larger lettering to be used, whilst the plan layout of the road junction is retained. Larger letters can be obtained on an American type of sign, but the road plan is sacrificed.
Most of the experimental signs will be on the main Bath Road.
MORE ENGINES FOR FINNS
ANOTHER laege order has been placed with Leyland Motors, Ltd., for oil engines for Finnish vehicles. The new contracts call for 1,300 engines valued at about £500,000. Most of the -units demanded are of the 0/350 5.6-litre type. They will be installed in
lorries and buses.