Leeds Must Give 3d. Fare
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WHEN they gave their reserved decision: this week, on the application of Leeds Corporation for higher fares, the YOrkshire Traffic •Corrimissioners insisted on a 3d. fare being incorporated in the new structure. Otherwise the application was granted broadly as submitted. The new rates will come into operation either on Sunday or February 24.
[Hearing of the application is reported on page 39.] HILL'S GET TWO EXTRA LORRIES AND A TRAILER I N a reserved desion given by the Transport Tribunal on Wednesday, Hill and Sons (Botley and Denmead), Ltd.. Bogey, Southampton, were partly successful in their appeal against the South Eastern Licensing Authority's refusal to increase their fleet based at Reading by six lorries and three trailers. In the six-day -hearing of the appeal, which ended last week, there' were six respondents, including the, British
Transport Commission. •• Mr. N. L. C. Macaskie, .Q.C.. acting
president, said the' tecciots of Hill and Sons showedfull employment and a large proportion of revenue from hired
haulage. • The Tribunal thought the Licensing Authority was wrong in holding that the objectors discharged the onus of proving their objection. They were satisfied that transport facilities in the area were inadequate and the available. transport for hire was sometimes unsatisfactory.
They were not satisfied that the
appellants made out anything like the whole of their application. In their view, justice would be met by the grant at present of two more vehicles and one trailer.
• The position was still fluid and if further additions were required, they would have to be considered in the light of the situation.
PURCHASING OFFICER WANTED
THE approaching retirement of Mr. K. C. Wheatley, chief purchasing officer of the 13E.T. organization, is foreshadowed by an advertisement for a successor in this issue of The Commercial Motor. Mr. Wheatley's association with companies now in the B.E.T. Group dates back to 1910, when he joined the National Electric Construction Co.
ALBION WORKERS PAY-OFF
ABOUT 300 employees of Albion Motors, Ltd., are to be paid off in the next few weeks, but it is hoped that the measure will be only temporary. There are some 3,000 workers. at• the company's Glasgow factory: Most of those remaining will work a four-day week.
PROFIT AND LOSS Braid Group> t84,499 group net profit after all charges, including taxation of 8104,250. Year's dividend 10 per _cent.