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AFTER five customer witnesses had given evidence supporting his application. Mr. Norman Jowett, Burnley Road, Todmorden, was granted two additional A-licensed vehicles by the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr, J. H. E. Randolph, at Leeds last week. The case had been adjourned in August to give Mr. Jowett an opportunity to produce supporting figures and evidence.
He stated that 47 per cent. of his operations were concerned with the carriage of parcels. He had a total of 12 vehicles, two of which had been acquired last January when he had taken over the business of Taylor's Garage (Todmorden), Ltd.
A representative from a rayon manufacturing organization contended that Jowett's gave a good 24-hour delivery service to London, but sometimes vehicles were not available when they were needed. Replying to Mr. H. C. Beaumont, objecting for the British Transport Commission, he said that neither British Railways nor British Road Services gave a satisfactory service as consignments transported by them were often five to eight days late.
Mr. L. Hartley, a warehouse manager, said that he needed more vehicles. Even more important than this was a prompt delivery service, two days being the time limit. When Jowett's had been unable to help them. orders had to be cancelled. Mr. J. Howarth, distribution manager of John Cockcroft and Sons, Ltd., textile manufacturer's of Todmorden, said that the present-day trend was for wholesalers to keep small stocks of commodities. As soon as stocks were used, they were replenished by the manufacturer. It was therefore essential that their demands should be dealt with immediately. They could not afford to have long delays through lack of transport.
The general manager of a company which made leather cloth stated that they gave Jowett's 95 per cent, of all their traffic. They did not use the railways as they had to guarantee a full wagon-load for their goods to be delivered the following day.
In his submission, Mr. Beaumont said that the applicants had acquired two new vehicles only in January. Five witnesses had been called, each of whom told a different story. A grant would result in abstraction of B.T.C. traffic.