Court Hears Story of 3roken Biscuits
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OVERAGE to almost all the United ' Kingdom in the distribution of such 3cls as foodstuffs and electrical ?fiances was now being given by .red Bell, Ltd., Mr. J. Campbell trdlaw told the Metropolitan Licensing ,thority in London last week.
Alfred Bell were applying for four litional vehicles on A licence for olesale furniture and general goods to carried to London and all parts of United Kingdom. British Railways British Road Services were objectors the application.
Mr. J. Campbell Wardlaw, for Bell's,
d his clients wished to cope with the ensive increase in the warehousing tion of their business. Bell's now :cialized in the distribution to whole e and retail premises. They were ling increased use of the container vice of British Railways and he was refore surprised to hear that British ilways were objecting.
Mr. Frederick Woods, dispatch ,nager of Beatty Biscuits, Ltd., asgow, said that his firm used British ilways and British Road Services to :e biscuits to Hell's warehouses. Bell's as distributed the biscuits to the shops. Mr. Arnold Robinson, transport and patch manager of F. E. Fox, Ltd., of tley, biscuit manufacturers, said that firm had carried out a secret test in Lich biscuits had been sent out to ffomers with the request on the carton return them to Batley. The contents re then examined,
Ft was found that 40 per cent. of the cults carried by British Road Services re broken, 55 per cent. carried by tisla Railways were broken, but only per cent, of those carried by the -npany's own vans were damaged.
Me hearing was adjourned.
"CHEAPER BY ROAD" N application by W. C. Standerwick, LLtd., and Scout Motor Services, Ltd., nton, for a licence to run vehicles on o routes between Blackpool and uthend Airports between June and )tember, was heard by •the North !stern Traffic Commissioners last week. fr. F. D. Walker, for the applicants, d the sponsors of Continental tours
which they intended to provide id transport between Blackpool and ithend, were Gaytours, of Blackpool, to had found that it was much cheaper make a return journey of 400 to 500 les' in road vehicles than by travelling Lt distance by air.
On a 12-day or I5-day Continental Jr. it was estimated that the saving add be about £10.
After hearing part of the evidence the aring was adjourned until dates to be ed early in March.
Objectors were British Railways, alley Spencer's tours, Happiway Tours, anchester, and Smith's Tours, Wigan.