One-third Increase in A-licence Fleet
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A ONE-THIRD increase to an A(Th. licensed fleet was granted by Mr. J. H. E. Randolph; Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, at Leeds last week, when heawarded T. Conyers. Ltd., Thwaitcs, Keighley, Yorks, four extra vehicles on an existing licence covering 1 vehicles. Mr. Randolph said that as no private haulier had objected, he drew the inference that they were all well occupied.
The original hearing, in April, had been adjourned to .enable Conyers to submit revised figures of earnings. Those produced then had not differentiated between the earnings of the company and those of an associate, Messrs. Walls Shipping. Last week it was stated that during 1958, £25,000 of the applicant's earnings had come from Walls Shipping, and just over £1,000 represented work done for other customers. More than £13,000 had been paid to British Road Services for hiring, and over £21,000 to private subcontractors, by Wails Shipping. In 1959, total earnings of Conyers were almost identical to those for 1958, but sub-contract payments by Walls Shipping had risen to £44,611.
Mr. Randolph accepted that facilities of the British Transport Commission would not be adversely affected. If anyone were affected it would be the private sub-contractors, but no objections had been forthcoming from them.