Van Operator Wants Return • Loads
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I T was becoming uneconomic to send a contract-A-licensed pantechnicon on long journeys to return empty. This was the reason put to Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, last week, for an application by Messrs. Joe Dent and Co., Peter Street, Carlisle, for the addition of the van to their A licence, subject to the surrender of the contractA licence.
Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for Dent, said that the vehicle was used by M. Hackney and Co., Ltd., Aspatria, bedding manufacturers, who were anxious to end the contract, although this would make no difference to the work given to his clients.
Mr. R. D. Hill, manager of the applicant firm, said that he wanted to carry mainly furniture as return loads after delivering Hackney's goods. Thesd could be carried at a better rate if the application were allowed.
British Railways objected and were assured that Dent did not intend to seek another contract-A licence. The application was granted.
COUNTRY SERVICES ESSENTIAL THE continuation of country bus I services was essential, said Mr. Alex Robertson, chairman of the Scottish Traffic Commissioners, when he confirmed a temporary licence for services from Huntly and Aberdeen to Rhynie. He congratulated the applicant, Mr. Charles Reid, who had taken over services, which were the oldest in the north-east, and previously operated by a Mrs. Scott.
I.R.U. TO MEET IN MAY
AFULL meeting of all sections of the International Road Transport Union is to be held at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, in May. As already reported in The Commercial Motor, a meeting of the
hauliers' section of was held in Cologne last week. They discussed matters referred to them by the Economic Commission for Europe, including international and internal haulage rates, and co-ordination of transport