Amended Normal User Satisfies B.T.C.
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WHEN E. W. Shelton, Ltd., Devonshire YV Street, Keighley, agreed to restrict their normal user, the British Transport Commission withdrew their objection to the company's application for an extra A-licence vehicle last week. Maj. F. S. Eastwood, Yorkshire Licensing Authority, granted the application.
Mr. Shelton said in evidence that the company operated two A-licence vehicles and one lorry on B licence. If the application were granted the B-licence vehicle would be surrendered. It was at present engaged on a specialized service carrying materials from Government sales and other people wanted similar work done. Answering Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for British Railways, Mr. Shelton agreed that 90 per cent. of his A-licence traffic was supplied by Bell's Transport Services, Ltd., and that he was already carrying some Government surplus on A licence. Mr. Atkinson said he had recently succeeded in preventing Bell's from getflog three extra vehicles on A licence, and at the same hearing an application by one of Bell's sub-hauliers for an addition was refused.
B.R.S. would withdraw if the normal user were restricted to "Government surplus material."
B LICENCE SOUGHT FOR INTER-COMPANY WORK
A SKING for 13 C-licence vehicles to in. be transferred to B licence, Mr. I. Orratt, a director of Thomas Motors, Ltd., Blackpool, promised at Lytham, on Tuesday, that the lorries would be used only by companies in the Thomas group. He told Mr. J. R. Lindsay, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, that more companies had been formed with the expansion of business and extra.transport was necessary.
Answering Mr. J. Kershaw, for the British Transport Commission, he said inter-company haulage had been done without payment in the past, but charges would he made if the application were granted. They wanted to carry tyres within a 50-mile radius.
The case was adjourned for the production of documents requested by Mr. Lindsay.