70,000 Tons of Coal Back to Rail
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HE railways were now carrying 1 70,000 tohs of coal a week which svould normally be taken by road, the Ministry of Transport stated on
Monday. ilway passenger traffic last week was 20 per cent. greater than in the comparative period of 1956, whilst parcels traffic, was 14 per cent. higher, general goods 8-9 per cent, and Mineral traffic, excluding coal, 3-4 per cen t.
London Transport reported a 6 per cent, rise in the use of road services and 8 per cent, in trains.
TAXI-VAN SERVICE REFUSED 'THE North Western Licensing I. Authority has 'refused the application for a B licence by Mr. EL A. Heesom, Warrington. As reported in The Commercial Motor on January 11, the applicant, a newcomer, told the Authority that he had built up goodwill under a short-term El licence with a taxi-van service offering immediate delivery in the Warrington area.
The Authority had reserved his decision to examine the terms of the licence of an objector.
MR. MORTON WITHHELD: ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES QUNDERLAND'S municipal ■ --) transport committee have decided: not to allow Mr. N. Morton, general manager of the transport department, to go to Penang, Malaya, for six months to act as adviser to Penang Council on the reorganization of their passenger transport services.
The reason is that the transport .department will shertly be taking over the repair and maintenance of all corporation vehicles, mechanical plant and equipment, which will add to his
VIOBILE SHOPS FOR CO-OP
THE first two of 14 Smith's N.C.B. battery-electric mobile shops have been delivered to Ryhope and Silksworth Industrial and Provident Society, Ltd., Castletown, near Sunderland, by Smith's Delivery Vehicles, Ltd. Some of the vehicles will be built for grocery and others for greengrocery sales, and the vehicles will cater for districts of Ryhope, Silksworth, Sunderland, Seabarn and Castletown. Interior fittings afe designed for easy cleaning and a high degree of hygiene.
WELDING CONFERENCE
THE British Commonwealth welding
conference, or by the Institute of Welding, 29 Park Crescent, London, W.1, will be held from June 17-29 at London and Saltburn-bythe-Sea, Yorks. June 17-23 and 28-29 will be spent in the capital and June 24-27 in Saltburn.
On lune 18, J. C. Young and D. R. Thomas, Of the British Aluminium Co., Ltd., will presenta paper, "Welded aluminium construction in road
vehicles." ■