Another Contract Switch By Furniture Concern
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AN application, published just one day before the appeal court's decision in the Arnold case, could not be more topical. Shepherds Transport (Enfield), Ltd., arc asking' the Metropolitan Licensing Authority to " switch " seven contract A vehicles on to a new A licence with the user "Mainly new furniture, Great Britain."
In the same area there is a substantial tipper application by T. W. Howard, Ltd., of lver, in Buckinghamshire, for 10 vehicles to be added to their B licence in connection with excavation sites.
There is also a large tipper application in the North West by Conlon Brothers, of Preston. Following the usual trend, this company, who describe themselves in their application as " Dealers in road materials," want a total of seven tippers of 28 tons unladen weight to carry building and road making materials within 48 miles of Preston.
Whilst this week's Applications and Decisions contain the usual large number of newcomers requiring B licences. one, in. particular, stands out. It is by a Wimblington farmer, Mr. R. H. Palmer, who asks the Eastern Licensing Authority for three vehicles, including an artic., to
carry, among other things, potatoes and beet, lime sludge, sugar beet (within a radius of 70 miles) and fertilizers.
Another newcomer--this time from the West Country-is likely to run into some difficulty before Mr. Nelson in the Western area court. He is Mr. R. J. Cocking, a Swindon boilerman, who requires a van with the widest of all users, " General goods, Great Britain."
The South Eastern area publication, under " New B Applications," lists three interesting applications by Unilever, Ltd. They want a total of seven vehicles, based at Lancing, Reading and Southampton, to distribute goods from S.P.D. warehouses at those centres.
Each application is annotated to the effect that the company (Unilever) is a holding company and they wish the provisions of Section 180 of the new Act to apply. This, broadly, means that, where such a clause is placed on the licence then, " in relation to the application and to any licence granted thereon to the holding company .. this Act shall have effect as if goods vehicles belonging to, or in the possession of, the subsidiary company belonged to, or were in the possession of, the holding company."