Six Who Gave are Fined lcashire United Lose Appeal S IX
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men who gave lifts to t mates have been fined it Magistrates' Court, Bristol, be accepted money or petrol.
All six drove vans or sr and it was said they were crt serious competition for holden service vehicle licences.
The men were:—Brian Plen4 Street, Kingswood, Bristol, finei £8 13s, costs; Trevor Mudford hill Place, Midsomer Norton, fined £15, with £12 15s. cost Cogan, 55 Lodge Causeway, Bristol, fined £12, with £6 George Harvey, 3 Jubilee Mangotsfield, Bristol, fined £8 13s. costs; William Wear, View, Staple Hill, Bristol, finec £5 5s. costs; and Norman Bell berry Park, Redfield, Bristol, with £9 2s. costs.
Guide for Drit
A COMMERCIAL vehicl r-k. guide to streets where ht for loading or unloading i London's parking zones is beim by the Traders Road Transpai tion. The guide, which wi details of requirements in 1,14( expected to be available in mi
KERRY'S DEAL
KERRY'S (GREAT BRITA1 have acquired the whol Ordinary share capital of J. and Son, Ltd., and this con become a member of the Ker
RECEIVER APPOINT
ARECEIVER has been app Mid-Tyne Transport Serv who operate bus services in th and Bellingham area of Northi.
nister of Transport in a written ent last week dismissed an Lancashire United Transport, net a decision by the North 'raffle Commissioners who had Thomas (Motors), Ltd., a road ence authorizing an express ■ etween Salford and Leigh the carriage of the employees Ward and Coldstone, Ltd.
t was described as a "very balanced" case, the decision that the terms of the services both Lancashire United and Motors), Ltd., were so similar identical for all practical purse hiring company had not a preference for one operator carefully considering the sbout contracts it seemed that ot be said that a contract had rded, and so there was no from that source as to the the hiring company," the vent on. It could not be said that a new licensed service operated by Thomas (Motors) would cause abstraction, since the passengers had never used Lancashire United's service before the contract service had started. No evidence had been adduced about the need to support uneconomic services in the area.
The predominant factor in the case was that Thomas (Motors) had successfully operated the contract service to be superseded by a licensed service, and it was clear from the evidence that the earlier service had operated to the entire satisfaction of the hirers.
FIRM OFFER FOR LODGE
THE directors of Lodge Plugs, Ltd., announce they have now received a firm offer from S. Smith and Sons (England), Ltd., to acquire the whole of the issued capital of Lodge, except for that part already owned by Smiths. The price is 19s. per stock unit, payable in cash,
The Lodge directors intend to accept the offer in respect of their own holdings.
• I.T.A. Awards
STUDENTS who had completed their part one graduateship examinations this year received awards at this month's meeting of the London Division of the Industrial Transport Association,
Mr. R. W. Kemp was presented with an award of 4 gns. for the best paper on "Elements of Transport" and also 3 gns. for the best overall results. An award of 4 gns. was made to Mr. T. Morris for the best paper on Statistics, and for the best paper on English Mr. M. Byrne also received 4 gns. Mr. J. R. Deans, Principal of Kennington College of Commerce, presented the awards.