Licence can be Revoked, Han Hers Warned
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BEFORE granting a new A licence for two vehicles to the Inters City Transport . and Trading Co., Ltd., Cumbernauld, on Tuesday, the Scottish Licensing Authority, Mr. W. Quin, warned the company's transport manager that the licence could be revoked if there were any substantial deviation from their statement of normal user.
Mr. W. Law, for Inter-City Transport, said it was an application to take over part of the haulage business of Robert Millar, Conderrat. An objection by British Railways had been withdrawn, following an agreement to continue Millar's general carriers' business in the Kilsyth area.
Mr. Millar, who Would be left with one B-licence vehicle for a type of business completely divorced from general carrying, had also given an undertaking not to re-enter this field.
Inter-City Transport had a large number of special A-licence vehicles which operated on trunk and tramp work all over the country, but they would give an undertaking not to use Millar's Vehicles to subsidize these services.
Mr. Quin said the company had a substantial special-A fleet and two vehicles on public A licence with a normal User for collection and delivery within 40 miles. He granted the application with a normal user of " general merchandise between Glasgow and Stepps, Gartcosh, Glenboig, Conderrat and Kilsyth."
HAULIERS DO NOT WANT MILK WORK QPOT-H1RE demands by the Esso kJ Petroleum Co., Ltd.. and an increase in milk traffic justified an additional Alicensed vehicle. R. Whiteford and Sons, Lanark, told the Scottish Licensing Authority, on Tuesday.
Mr. A. Mackenzie, for the applicants, said they operated 10 flat vehicles on A licence and had been hauliers since 1920, Much of their work was in connection with milk haulage, and in addition to collection and delivery from farms for the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., they supplied 25 schools in Lanarkshire, The Society had obtained a contract for an additional 30 schools, commencing in March, and were supporting the application. Mr.. J. T. Whiteford, in evidence, said he was in difficulties because nine of the vehicles were engaged on milk carriage in the mornings, leaving only one for general goods:" Other hauliers were not interested in this early work; The appliCation was granted.
135 MILES IN 22 MINUTES! FINES totalling £28, with £11 5s. costs, were imposed on Samuel Tandy, Ltd:, Queen Street, Bilston, at Bilston on Tuesday, for offences concerned with drivers' hours and records. A driver paid £14 in fines on seven charges.
The prosecution was made after a lorry had been checked at Bewdley, having covered, according to the driver's log sheet, 135 mkt in 22 minutes.