Scottish 'Hauliers Get New A 'Licence
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ASCOTTISH haulage . company operating 16 vehicles on special A licence and three on B licence were granted a new A licence on Tuesday after the British Transport Commission and three private hauliers had withdrawn their objections.
Taylor's Transport (Buckle), Ltd., had originally asked for two A-licence Vehicles with a normal user of: "Goods within Scotland, with occasional runs to the north of England -and the Midlands." During the hearing, however, they reduced the application to one vehicle.
Mr. W. Taylor, managing director, said that in the past three years there had been a substantial increase in turnover and he was experiencing difficulty in finding local sub-contractors. The bulk of the traffic was fish And agricultural foods, mainly in Scotland.
Four customers gave evidence, stating that Taylor's were unable to meet their requirements. All said they needed a fast service to various markets.
After an adjournment it was announced that the objectors had reached an agreement with the company, whereby the user would he restricted, to the carriage of fish and fishing requisites to Aberdeen and north and west Scotland, together with agricultural produce and requisites in five Scottish counties and to Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The amended application was granted by Mr. Alex Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, sitting at Aberdeen.
The objectors were British Railways, British Road Services, A. N. Barrack and Son, Ltd., James McWilliams and A. McPherson_ BIG ORDER DELIVERY NEXT YEAR
DEL1VERY of the 35 Scammell articulated refuse collectors to Wandsworth Borough Council, representing what is believed to be the largest order for cleansing vehicles ever placed (The Commercial Motor, October 17), is to start in January and be completed by June 1. The latter date is when the council end their agreement with their present contractors and• undertake collection themselves.
A number of crews is being trained by the council, who are spending some £100,000 on the new fleet. The semitrailers being built by Glover, Webb and Liversidge, Ltd., having capacities of 20-25 Cuyd., are unusually large for barrier-loaders and will have provision for salvage separation by the loaders.
Edbro-B. and E. twin-ram tipping gear will be fitted to the crank-framed chassis, and the bodies will have Lodek retracting wheel-arches.
TRAFFIC MANAGERS' CHAIRMAN MEW chairman of the Co-operative
Traffic Managers' Association (Southern Section) is Mr. T. G. Whitworth, of the Cambridge Society. Mr. W. Topping (Dartford) has been elected secretary.