Transfer from Pulleet Approved
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TTWELVE Cheltenham haulage contra tors tors appeared as objectors at Bristol on Monday when Holmes Transport (Cheltenham), Ltd., applied to Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, to operate three articulated vehicles from base instead of from Purfleet, where they _had been operated previously by British Road Services.
Mr. McGregor Johnson said the applicant, Mr. Reginald Holmes, was the present holder of a special A licence for the three vehicles which he acquired last year intending to go into business with Alexander Patterson and Co., Ltd., London. The company was not formed, however, and he now wanted to transfer the operation of the vehicles to a base at Cheltenham.
Mr. Johnson said the issue was whether the vehicles could conveniently serve the areas in which they normally operated as well from Cheltenham as from London or Purllect, where they were last used. Cross-examined by Mr. T. D. Corpe, for the objectors, Mr. Holmes admitted he had " superimposed " traffic in the Cheltenham area which was not there before, carrying goods which might previously have been carried by the objectors.
Mr. Corpe: "A bit hard on the Cheltenham operators that somebody should import vehicles from London and impose competition on them which they did not have before?"
Mr. Holmes said he had no garage at Cheltenham. The vehicles were kept outside the drivers' homes when they were not engaged.
Mr. Nelson said the question was: Could the vehicles from Cheltenham serve the same areas as from London?
Giving his decision in favour of the applicant, Mr. Nelson said: "I am sorry, in a way, for the Cheltenham operators who now have these vehicles planted on their doorsteps, but it is quite clear that I must grant this application."