B.R.S. Manager's Duty to Buyers WHEN British Road Services objected
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VV to an application by Mr, J. Bell, High Wreay, Southwaite, Carlisle, to extend the radius from 60 to 120 miles for his two vehicles, the Carlisle group manager, Mr. R, G. Davies, told the Northern Licensing Authority: I feel I have a moral obligation to the people who may wish to purchase B.R.S. vehicles and carry the traffic of those vehicles." The applicant said that when licensing was introduced, he had inferred that it was to be conducted on a district basis and he had restricted himself to a 60-mile radius. To be ready for the summer and ,the decontrol of livestock marketing, hewished to run up to 120 miles. At present he was carrying livestock from local grading centres to the
GAINED A VEHICLE AND LOST ANOTHER
A CARLISLE haulage company, J. Millican (Penton), Ltd., gained a vehicle and lost one when their case came before the Northern Licensing Authority last week. Evidence of increased earnings and the rising costs of hiring extra transport was produced and a B licence was granted for an eight-wheeler to replace a 3-tonner. The Authority observed, however, that one of the vehicles in the company's fleet of six, a lime spreader, had not been used for months, "Its non-usage does not appear to have affected trade. I delete that vehicle from the licence," he said. There was greater work in carrying animal feeding stuffs from Silloth mills for the West Cumberland Farmers' Trading Society. Mr. R. G. Davies, Carlisle group manager of British Road Services, contended that there were already enough vehicles available in the area to cope with the traffic. I should say," he stated, "that 200 tons carrying capacity a day is moving empty out of Carlisle, half south, half north,"
"6,O00 FROM FOUR VEHICLES TOO LITTLE"
QEVEN customers, all farmers of long 1.--) standing, travelled from South Cumberland to Carlisle last week to support the successful application of Mr. J. W. Knowles, Bootle, to add a cattle float and a tipper to his fleet. For the applicant, Mr. R. L. Brown said that a radius of 35 miles was required for the cattle vehicle and 15 miles for the tipper. No change in the nature of the business was proposed. Evidence was given of the difficulties of meeting demands with the existing fleet. Mr. R. G. Davies; Carlisle group manager of British Road Services, considered Mr. Knowles' estimated },early earnings of £6,000 from four cattle vehicles to be "incredibly low." Frankly, it would hardly cover his overheads, let alone his running costs," he commented. He would have expected £10,000 to be earned.
NO GLUT OF VEHICLES
WHEN representatives of British VV Road Services appeared as objectors before the Northern Licensing Authority last week and said that there were many vehicles with insufficient work to do in the Pen rith area, the Authority commented: "I am not prepared to accept as a fact that there is a very large glut of vehicles. If there was, I should expect to find some other opposition in addition to B.R.S." Mr. G. A. Stamper, Culgaith, applied for a B licence for a 1-ton van to carry calves, pigs and sheep. He already had three other vehicles and B.R.S. suggested that these would be released for different traffic, The applicant stated, however, that the new vehicle was not suitable for fully grown animals: it was chiefly intended as a " feeder " for the other vehicles. The application was granted.