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No "Taxi Service" for Strong Support for Two
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Shop Fittings Extra Vehicles
QTATING that what a supporting kJ witness wanted was "a type, of taxi service," Mr. A. H. I olliffe; • North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, turned down an application by a potential entrant to haulage at Manchester on Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Flynn sought a B licence for a vehicle to carry shop fittings within a radius of 10 miles of base. She said that the vehicle was to be acquired, and that she proposed to trade as the Dainton Transport Co.
She wanted to carry for MessrsCampbell and Armstrong, Manchester, shop fitters. Mr. Jolliffe asked the applicant why she wanted to enter the road transport industry. Mrs. Flynn replied that there was no special reason.
Mr. B. O'Rourke, of Messrs. Campbell and Armstrong, supported the application, and stated that it was essential that his firm's goods be delivered promptly. :There had been difficulty in obtaining transport in' the past, and it would be convenient to be able to have Mrs. Flynn's vehicle, which could be employed for about 20 hours a week.
He told Mr. J. Backhouse, for J. Huskinson, Ltd., and Manchester Light Transport, Ltd., who objected, that the firm had employed both these companies in the past, but Messrs. Campbell and Armstrong wanted somebody to be at their beck and call all the time . Mr. O'Rourke said that a contract-A licence* was not considered suitable.
MAIliSTONE BY-PASS BRIDGE
PRECAST concrete -beams, weighing 165 tons and measuring 83 ft. in length, have been rolled into position to form the bridge which will take the western section of the Maidstone by-pass over the River Medway near Aylesford. rUSTOMER witnesses from four large
industrial undertakings in the north west and letters from 30 customers supported an application by R. Knowles and Sons (Helmshore), Ltd., Ramsbottom, for two additional vehicles on A licence, at Manchester, on Tuesday.
Mr. E. Potts, traffic manager, Geigy Co., Ltd., Middleton, Manchester, told Mr. A. H. .Tolliffe, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, that his company had been using Knowles to carry drums, kegs and casks of chemical dyes to the north east for the past 10 months.
There was always a danger of breakage during transhipment and since September, 1959, the number of consignments to the north east had doubled, he said. In reply to Mr. J. F. Wrottesley, for the British Transport Commission, who objected, Mr. Potts admitted that the traffic had originally been carried by the railways There had been so many delays, however, that it had been given to Knowles, he added.
Similar :evidence was given by Mr. H. Ward, transport manager, Greengate and lrwell Rubber Co., Ltd., Salford. He said that his company insisted on daily clearance of goods, but recently Knowles had been unable to meet all the demands.
Mr. A. Smith, a director of Knowles. said that they had more than 150 customers. Complaints had arisen recently and their fleet of six A-licensed vehicles could not cope with the work.
Knowles had been undertaking more work then they could handle, contended Mr. Wrottesley. That was why there had been complaints. Mr. Smith replied that a large amount of work had been sub-contracted, but about 75 per cent, of it had been unsatisfactory.
The case is to be continued.