Fleet Had Differing Normal Users
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nIFFERING normal users on A
licences covering a fleet which was said to be engaged 60 per cent, on trunking between Liverpool and South Wales led Mr. F. Williamson, North Western Licensing Authority, to adjourn an application by M. McKenna, Ltd., Liverpool, last week. They were seeking a B licence for a collection-and-delivery vehicle to be based at Liverpool, and the adjournment was granted for them to apply for a new A licence to cover the entire fleet.
Mr. McKenna said that his own 13 A-licensed vehicles, and three owned in partnership with his brother-in-law, were interchanged to provide, a 10-vehicle trunk-service to South Wales. This occupied about 60 per cent, of their time.
For the British Transport Commission, Mr. A. W. Balne submitted that a normal user for the three partnership vehicles, granted earlier that day, was entirely different to the operations described. He added that normal users on two of the existing five licences did not include South Wales.
The Authority said that the question arose as to whether he should take action on an out-of-date normal user. He could not deal with the present application until the licensing situation had been cleared up. Adjourning the application, he said that evidence from trader witnesses would be required.
STOP POLLUTION, SAYS DIESEL EXPERT
POLLUTION of the air by oil-engined vehicles could not be allowed to continue, said Mr. D. W, Jacquest, diesel development officer of Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., in a paper read to the international clean-air conference in London last week.
He described such pollution as "an appalling menace" which was rightly the target of public resentment. No engine ever left a manufacturer in an " anti-social " condition, and better maintenance must be introduced with trained staff using the latest equipment.
Mr. P. Draper, of Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., said that it should be an offence to tamper with fuel settings on oil engines to try and obtain more power. This could not be done without emitting more smoke.
SENTENCE DEFERRED
A RECOMMENDATION by Mr. J. rA Crawford, general manager, South Shields Transport Department, that trolleybuses should be gradually replaced by motorbuses has been deferred for two years by the transport committee, Mr. Crawford said that motorbuses were more flexible and easier to extend to new housing estates.
Some committee members contended that trolleybuses should be retained because they had a longer life than motorbuses, were not dependent upon imported fuel, and had lower maintenance costs.