Applicant's Rates Were Clieaper
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ONE vehicle out of a total of three applied for was granted to Edwards Transport (Lydbrook), Ltd., of Lydbrook (Glos), by the Western Licensing Authority. Mr. S. W. Nelson, at Bristol on Monday.
The applicant submitted that they needed the vehicles to carry a new type of cement brick which was being produced by Shakemantle Quarries, Ltd. This was a new industry in the Forest of Dean, and with the installation of new equipment, they expected to produce million bricks a month.
Mr. M. Gordan. chairman of the quarry company, told the Authority that they had found the applicant's rates were cheaper than other hauliers.
Mr. R. Read, one of 15 objectors, said that he could not compete with the low rates mentioned by the applicants. Asked what his rates were, he replied: "Nothing less than that indicated by 'The Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs'."
f9,250 Award Against Allison's
DAMAGES of £9,250 were awarded against the Dundee haulage company, Allison's Transport (Contracts), Ltd., in the Court of Session last week. They had been sued for £20,000 by Coco the Clown, the world-famous circus performer. He claimed that as a result of a collision between a van and trailer which he was driving on the PerthDundee road on August 16, 1959, and a lorry belonging to Allison's, he is no longer able to give the type of performance he gave before the accident. Be maintained he now suffers from certain disabilities which are permanent and which have made him -unable to perform his tumbling acts in the ring.
Bat for the accident he would probably have continued to work in the circus for another 10 years.
Liability was admitted by Allison's, hut they contested the action on the grounds that the sum claimed was excessive. They believed Coco had intended to retire from professional life before long.
Coco, whose real name is Nicolai Polakovs, and who is 60, lives at 1 Rosebery Avenue, South Shore, Blackpool.
HAULIERS THREATEN MARKET Bovcorr
BAKEWELL market may be boycotted by haulage contractors who bring stock to the market. They have said that they will boycott the market from July 17, unless something is done in the meantime to remedy their grievances. The contractors complain that they are sometimes kept waiting four or five hours before their vehicles are washed, and that they cannot find a parking place for them.
There are about 20 contractors taking part, owning between them 50 vehicles. H3