Part Grant for Cook Subsidiary
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A HAULAGE firm that specializes in I-1 the carrying of structural steel was granted permission to replace two platform vehicles with two 10-ton artics by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr.
J. A. T. Hanlon, sitting at Newcastle this week. The firm, Ernest Henderson
(Transport) Ltd., of Consett, Co. Durham, was also granted a two-vehicle switch from Contract A to A licence.
The original application had been to replace five platform vehicles with five artics and to switch four vehicles from Contract A to A.
Mr. Siddle C. Cook, managing direc tor of Ernest Henderson, told the Authority that his company, Siddle C. Cook Ltd., had taken over the applicant company in November, 1963.
Henderson's six vehicles were in a bad state of repair, said Mr. Cook. Four were never used and the two that were had to undergo extensive repairs before they could be put on the road. He said there would be work for the five new vehicles and for the four he wished to take off the contract licence.
Mr. Cook surrendered the licence between Henderson and Vickers
Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., as the contract between the two firms had ended. In making the part grant, Mr. Hanlon said he thought the application was rather
premature, but realized that there should be some grant so that a certain number of vehicles could be replaced and taken off contract licence.
IN BRIEF
Six Granted on A Licence: Following an amendment to a Contract A-switch application by Mr. E. Senior, of Rotherham, at Sheffield last week, objections were withdrawn. The Yorkshire deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. H. E. Randolph, then granted an A licence for six vehicles of 30 tons to carry mainly goods for the Rotherham Forge and Rolling Mills Co. Ltd., as required. Initially the application had been to transfer 11 vehicles of 55 tons from a Contract A licence.
Part Grant: A compromise was reached before the Eastern Licensing Authority at Norwich on Wednesday over an application by W. 'Cluing Ltd., cartage contractors, of Great Yarmouth, to switch 13 vehicles from B to A licence, enabling them to operate from Great Yarniouth without restrictions on journeys. Both B.R.S. and British Railways agreed to six of the applicants' vehicles being transferred to A licence.
Switch Refused: An application by D. Griffiths and Sons (Newbridge) Ltd., to switch 11 vehicles from B to A licence was refused by the South Wales Licensing Authority, Mr. R. R. Jackson, on Wednesday. The company sought to retain one remaining B licence to carry their own goods occasionally. The Authority said that the application failed on the evidence given by Mr. W. G. Griffiths, managing director, who had given no cogent reasons why the vehicles should be on A licence. Mr. Jackson also added that he believed the application was not altogether a genuine one; if it had been it would have included the twelfth vehicle. He agreed the licences needed tidying up and suggested an amendment of conditions.
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