B.T.C. Objections to McKennaOvercome
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OBJECTIONS by the British Transport Commission were overcome at Liverpool, on Monday, when the radius of a normal user relating to an application of M. McKenna, Ltd., was amended.
Of four applications which were put before the North Western Licensing Authority only one was opposed. The company wished to add 13 vehicles of 914 tons to their public A licence, but if these were granted, seven A licences would be surrendered. They also asked for three vehicles of 1.5 tons to be added to their B licence.
One of these was to carry general goods, excluding coal, coke and solid fuel within 10 miles of Magazine Lane, Wallasey, and coal and coke within 7 miles of the same address. The second was to be used Only in the case of repair, overhaul or breakdown and the third for general goods for transhipment to and from the applicants' trunk vehicles or vehicles of sub-contractors within 15 miles of base." If these three vehicles were granted, two B licences would be surrendered. To meet the requirements of the objectors the radius of the third vehicle was amended to 10 miles.
Mr. E. A. Whitehead, for McKenna's, submitted detailed certified figures for the earnings of all the fleet, including three vehicles which had been on licence to Lytham Bros., but which had been operated by the applicants.
Between 1958 and 1959 their traffic had increased by over 2,000 tons and their sub-contracting figures had increased by more than £1,000. At this point, the. Licensing Authority, Mr. F. Williamson, pointed out that three of the A-licence vehicles to be acquired had previously belonged to Lytham Bros., but in the past they had been operated fully by the applicants.
Evidence by six customer witnesses confirmed that they had used the McKenna vehicles for several years and wanted to do so in the future. Recently they had been let down and loads had been refused as McKenna's had not the vehicles to cope with all the traffic.
Mr. F. Woods, transport manager of M. McKenna, Ltd., said that if they lost the use of the three former Lytham vehicles they would be forced to reduce their trunk services.
Mr. Williamson granted all the A and B vehicles with the exception of the three which had belonged to Lytham Bros. Be reserved decision on these and said that a recent renewal application by Lytham Bros. had been refused.
HARDY SPIER STRIKE ENDS
THE strike by employees of Hardy Spicer, Ltd., ended on Tuesday, when the men returned to work. The stoppage had caused some 5,000 employees of the British Motor Corporation and the Pressed Steel Co., Ltd., to be laid off.