A-licence Grant for Eight Months
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THE North Western deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. JoWife, last week granted an A licence to P. Jeory and Son, of Halewood, nr. Liverpool, for 10 vehicles (42 tons) with a substantive normal user: " Mainly glass bottles for Garston Bottle Co. Ltd.' (excluding St. Helens) and wines and spirits for Lamb and Watt Ltd., as required." The Contract A licence for the same vehicles was to be surrendered. The licence is to expire on March 31, 1966.
This unusual gram was the outcome of the cross-examination of Mr. B. Nagley, a chartered accountant, by Mr. J. Lawton for Transport Holding Co. (BRS), who concluded that the financial position of Jeory and Son enabled the Transport Tribunal's observations in the recent appeal of T. H. Carr and British Railways Board and others being invoked in Jeory's favour, The Tribunal said that where an applicant's ,business was seriously affected by the loss of profit margin a grant was in the public interest.
Called by Mr Edward Jones, for the applicants, Mr. Nagley had spoken of the financial difficulties arising from the continuance of the Contract A licence with Garston Bottle Co. Ltd. Earnings had fallen as non-returnable cartons had replaced returnable wooden crates, eliminating return loading and reducing the weight per load outward.
By reference to detailed schedules of carnings, Mr. Nagley confirmed the
improved position of 10 vehicles on A licence, granted last July, compared with that previously shown when they also were on Contract A with -Garston Bottle Co. This had allowed the applicants to keep going, but he considered that without additional earning capacity, Jeory's financial position could adversely affect ordinary unsecured creditors.
Mr. Lawton explained that the desire for a shortened currency period was to meet the unusual circumstances. At the appropriate time, Mr. F. Clayton, for British Railways, wished to raise the question of quantum. In making the grant Mr. Jolliffe said that on renewal the points still in dispute would be dealt with; meanwhile Garston Bottle Co, should notify the objectors of applications, by anyone, for Contract A licences to carry for them.