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BECAUSE vehicles were off the road owing to breakdowns and maintenance, Walsh Bros. and Co., Ltd., Manchester, were unable to cope with all the recent demands made by their customers. This was the basis of their application to add three vehicles of ln tons to their B licence before Mr. A. H. 'Willie, the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at Manchester, last week.
One of the vehicles was already in possession of the applicants on short-term B licenee and they wanted this to carry building plant and building materials, road-construction plant and road materials within 25 miles of base. The other two vehicles were to be used only when "any vehicle authorized on the A or contract-A licences issued to Walsh Bros. or the B licence issued to H. Evers and Co., Ltd., had been temporarily withdrawn for service or repair."
Mr. J. A. Dunkerley, for the applicants, said Walsh Bros. and Evers were closely associated and submitted figures showing that all the vehicles at present in the possession of the two companies were fully utilized.
Mr. S. McGivern, the secretary of both the companies, said the type of traffic carried could not be transported by rail. To deal with all the work they were offered they had to sub-contract a great deal and in 1.959 alone had paid out £64,000.
Representatives of J. Laing and Sons. Ltd., and James Cadman and Sons, Ltd., both building contracting organizations, said they relied on Walsh Bros. to carry their specialized traffic. On two occasions they had refused loads because vehicles had broken down. There were few available vehicles in the area capable of carrying heavy building plant and they relied solely on Walsh Bros.
Mr. S. Timmins, objecting for the British Transport Commission, said he would be satisfied if the condition "building plant to or from constructional sites" was attached to the normal user of the first vehicle, but he did not think there was sufficient evidence to merit the granting of the two maintenance vehicles.
MT. Jolliffe granted the vehicle for the constructional work and one of the maintenance units.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of MR. PERCY J. BAKER, MR. THOMAS WAKEFIELD, MR. ROBERT MARSDEN and PROP. KARL MAYBACH.
Mr. Baker, until his retirement in 1954, was general manager of the Southampton Transport Department, He died following a short illness.
Mr. Wakefield was founder of Wakefield Motors, Ltd., which ran the first bus service from Newcastle upon Tyne to Tynemouth in 1926, and was subsequently taken over by Tynemouth and District Transport Co., Ltd. He was 76.
Mr. Marsden, director of Venture Transport (Hendon), Ltd., was 59. He and a partner founded the concern in 1921, with one A.E.C. coach. When sold to Lewis Cronshaw, Ltd., Hendon, this week, the fleet comprised 20 luxury coaches.
Prof. Maybach, who was 80, was for many years head of Maybach Motorenbau, as well as chief designer. He was a noted motor engineer. His father was one of the pioneers of the motor industry.
MOTORWAY MOVE
PLANNING of the new ChiswickLangley motorway, to be constructed on a viaduct over and along the Great West Road, Middx, reached a further stage last week. The Minister of Transport issued a draft order providing for alterations to existing roads to be affected by the new highway,