Mr. Hanlon Criticizes Hauliers for Not Objecting to Applications
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" IF the haulage industry cannot be bothered to look after its own affairs, in the traffic courts and come forward to see what is going on, it may well be that they are not affected by the entry of newcomers into the industry," said Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, the Northern Licensing Authority, giving a decision in an application by S. N. Snowdon, of Carlisle, at Carlisle on Monday. Snowdon's application to convert two contract-licensed vehicles to a new B licence was refused,
For the applicant, Mr. G. Robson said that Mr. Snowdon had operated the vehicles under contract to Scottish Agricultural Industries, Ltd., for about four years. He had found that, because of the seasonal nature of the business, the vehicles coUld well be employed carrying road and building materials, timber and lime, and he was asking for this normal user to be applied for carriage over a radius. of 120 miles of Carlisle.
Mr. J. M. Tirnmons, for British Railways, the only objectors, submitted that the evidence did not come " within a mile" of justifying two vehicles on a B licence. The figures of earnings---€5,000 for two vehicles—iu, a year were very reasonable.
Mr. Hanlon said that the fact that there were no objections from road hauliers was not of itself a reason why an application should automatically be granted. British Railways could not be expected always to "hold the fort."
Whether the motto of the industry was "Free for All," and they did not care how many A and B licences were transferred from contract licences, he did not know. "All I can say is that they (independent hauliers) arc conspicuous by their absence," he added.
LEYLAND TAKE-OVER S.T.I.
THE offer of Leyland Motors Ltd., to • acquire the issued capital of StandardTriumph International, Ltd., has now been accepted by the required majority of Standard-Triumph shareholders.
Valid acceptances have been received in respect of over 90 per cent, of both the 54per cent. Cumulative Preference Shares and Ordinary Stock.
NEW TRIBUNAL MEMBER 1UR. J. R. C. SAMUEL-GIBBON has ilf" been appointed a member of the Special Panel of the Transport Tribunal in succession to Mr. N. L. C. Macaskie.
£290,000 A.E.C. Order for South Africa
A N order for A.E.C. chassis worth
almost £290,000 has been placed by A.E.C. (S.A.), Ltd. More than 60 chassis are involved, including 27 bonneted "Mammoth Major" six-wheelers, 11 forward-control "Mammoth Major" six wheelers, and 40 bonneted " Mammoth" four-wheelers. All are to be powered by 11.3-litre oil engines.
The balance of the order is for passenger chassis, including eight " Regal" Mk. IV single-decker bus chassis.