B Licence Refused : Sec. 1(5)(c) Suggested
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A N unsuccessful application was made last week by Messrs. R. H. Nutland and Son, Cuttenham Farm, Wilsford, Wilts, for a B licence to carry feeding stuffs, fertilizer and corn within 50 miles, but the Western Licensing Authority suggested that the applicants, who were farmers, could carry under Section l(5)(c) of the 1933 Act. This section permits farmers to carry for other local farmers without a B licence.
Objections were lodged by the rai'sways, British Road Services and five private hauliers Wiltshire Farmers, Ltd., supported the applicants and referred to difficulty in obtaining transport to carry goods within 20 miles of Marlborough, and from Avonmouth and Southampton Docks to Marlborough. '
The objectors said that they could serve Wiltshire Farmers, Ltd., and the Authority was satisfied that they had proved their case.
6,0011-MILE TRIP IN 71 DAYS .t1.
A ROUND trip of 6,000 miles is
completed once every7 days by a Leyland Beaver articulated car transporter owned by the North Coast Transport -Co., Ltd., Victoria, British Columbia. The outfit is used to distribute British cars from Vancouver as far west as Windsor, Ontario, where there 4s a Chrysler factory from which cars of this make are collected.
Averaging 12 in.p.g., the vehicle makes three return journeys a month • and has covered 200,000 miles to date, The valves •have been reground once and new piston rings have been fitted. Fuel and oil costs for a journey total about 5150, compared with 5350-5425 for petrol-engined vehicles of similar Size.
Two drivers travel with the outfit and there is a sleeping compartment behind the cab. The route passes mainly through United States territory and there arc stiff gradients. Winter hazards are severe.
TORSION SETTINGS STATED
I-1 A COMPREHENSIVE statement has
been issued by Leyland Motors, Ltd., on the correct settings for torsion spanners for tightening cylinder-head nuts and main-bearing nuts on their oil engines. The statement reveals revised settings for main-bearing nuts of engines in current production.
Correct elongations for big-end bolts are emphasized, and it is pointed out that these should be measured by micrometer.
DRIVERS DID NOT BOOK REST
FTINES totalling £16 10s. were imposed by York magistrates on F. Shepherd and Son, Ltd., Blue Bridge Lane, York, and eight of their drivers for 66 offences relating to exceeding permitted driving hours and the keeping of records. It was explained that although drivers had not noted rest periods, these had in fact been taken.