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Dover growth
THE GROWTH trend freight traffic through Dc port continued in January, spite the lorry drives' disp Monthly figures issued January by the Dover Hart Board show that the nunof commercial road haul vehicles using the port creased by 10 per cent over corresponding month of 19 This 10 per cent incre represents a rise from 35, vehicles in January 1978 38,800 in January this yi The latest figure gives average throughput of 1, per day.
Stolen batteries
DETECTIVES are probing mystery of vanishing lo batteries which is cost haulage contractors th sands of pounds. Since the ginning of this year alo about 90 heavy-duty batte have been stolen from par lorries in places like Kiln nock, Darvel, Stewarton Irvine.
Detective Chief Inspec John Inglis, of Kilmarno said: "When one consid that these batteries can c anything from, say £80 to £: it comes to a sizea amount."
Useless regulation
NEW Government regulati affecting commercial vehic came into effect this montt and one of them has bi criticised by operators. "I Scottish regional controllei the ETA, Jack Welsh, clain that some operators wo find it impossible to corn with the regulation requir the height of a vehicle and load to be registered oi notice in the lorry cab.
He said the ETA thought new law, which came ii effect on Tuesday, would totally ineffectual.