B.R.S. to Keep Confectionery
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" I FIND myself in considerable difficulty because I feel it is not for me to dictate to substantial, old-established and highly reputable firms their method of business. But at the same time my duty is to try to see that competition among hauliers is held within the bounds of the Road and Rail Traffic Act."
This observation was made by the South Wales Licensing Authority last week when Jones Confectioners (Bridgend), Ltd., Bridgend, applied for a B licence to carry confectionery for Van Houten, Ltd.
Mr. C. J. Hardwicke, for the applicants, said that Van Houten, Ltd., intended to establish a depot at the applicants' premises where bulk deliveries would be broken down and dispatched to wholesalers and retailers. The applicants already made small deliveries of their own goods under a C licence. Mr. •Rosser John, for British Road Servi:zes and the railways, said that B.R.S. had an air-conditioned depot at Cardiff where the goods of Van Houten, Ltd., were already being handled. Specialist staff were employed and no complaints had been received.
The Authority said that the principle involved was whether B.R.S., against which there was no substantial complaint, should lose a large quantity of traffic to a newcomer because a company of confectioners thought it advisable to use the storage accommodation belonging to a C-licensee.
"If everybody on every trading estate . . having considerable premises for the storage of special goods, applied to me for a licence for a similar purpose, there would be a very substantial extraction of traffic from B.R.S., who maintain a large fleet for the benefit of the public," added the Authority.
The application was refused.