Licence Not Taken Up
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A N applicant who had not taken up
a vehicle licence granted him in November, 1961, was refused an additional two vehicles by the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, at Bristol last week.
Mr. D. B. Russell, proprietor of Russell's Transport, _Little Rissington, Glos., conducted his own case and was opposed by British Railways and 11 independent operators. none of whom was called to give evidence. He said the average earnings of his 11 vehicles was £2,800. Their work was increasing every day so that they were over-committed on contracts.
Asked about the vehicle licence he had not taken up, Mr. Russell said this had been intended to carry goods for Cots. wold Farm Supplies, a business of which be was also a director. Mr. R. A. Webb, for B.R., said though the vehicle licence had not been taken up for this work, Cotswold Farm Supplies were now stated to need additional transport.
Mr. Nelson said the material evidence was not there. There may be a need for some snore tonnage, but it had certainly not been proved. There was a complete absence of supporting evidence and he could not be persuaded by the vague kind of letters that had been put in. Applicant had not kept records of any traffic said to have been turned away. "
CARDIOGRAPH" FOR ENGINES THE Esso Research and Engineering L Co., U.S.A., have developed and applied for a patent for an "engine roughness indicator" which is claimed to diagnose engine troubles by means of vibration. A bar is placed across the open bonnet of a vehicle and various parts of the engine are touched with a sensing device connected to. a graph mechanism. The engines graph is then compared with a master chart of symptoms, and the diagnosis pronounced.
Every engine trouble, such as faulty carburation or low compression, causes its own particular type of vibration, the makers claim.