Duplicate grants feared
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• Because of management difficulties with Angus Bros. (Sales) Ltd.. Chapel-en-le-Frith, a new company, Angus (Haulage) Ltd., sought to take over the four vehicles on A licence and 10 vehicles on B licence, in Manchester or Wednesday before the North Western LA, Mr. C. R. Hodgson.
At the same inquiry J. V. Biggen was applying for a new B licence, having bought a vehicle he had previously driven for Angus Bros. (Sales) under a C-hiring margin and operated under short-term . licence from October 31 when Angus' hire and reward work ceased. There were four objectors.
For both applicants, Mr. J. A. Backhouse explained that a new company had been formed and that capital was to be injected into it by Mr. H. Evans. a man with haulage interests in the East Midlands traffic area.
Mrs. J. Beddington, secretary, Angus (Haulage), said that the haulage business would now be under the direct control of Mr. Evans. At present four A and five B vehicles, together with one contract A were on the road.
A letter from Angus' former manager, Mr, G. Luckman, addressed to Mr. J. V. Biggen was produced which had assisted Mr. Biggen to obtain the short-term licence.
Mr. J. S. Lawton, for the objectors, said it was clear that Biggen had bought this vehicle on the understanding that Angus was going to discontinue the haulage business and he would carry on the work were a licence granted to him. Mr. Lawton pointed out that a similar licence had been granted at Macclesfield on February 3 to G. H, Purseglove of Buxton, who had also driven a vehicle for Angus. The objectors were concerned that duplicate grants should not be made.
Agreement was reached that Angus Haulage should reduce the B licence to eight vehicles and operate under the same conditions as the previous company, and the four-vehicle A licence should have its original normal user. This was granted, as was Biggen's B licence. But the radius on two items in the condition of Biggen's licence was reduced from 150 to 75 miles.