58 Vehicles for Fish
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ATOTAL of 58 vehicles to carry fish from Aberdeen, as a replacement for railway distribution services, is specified in two applications which appear in the Scottish As and Ds this week (see page 47). The largest application is by Charles Alexander and Partners (Transport) Ltd., who are requesting 46 rigid platform lorries totalling 264 tons unladen on A licence for the distribution of fish and poultry on daily services throughout Scotland and all the English counties North of a line from the Severn to The Wash; also to other parts of England and Wales as and when required. The application mentions return loads of genera! goods.
It is understood that, in the main, the railways will continue to handle Aberdeen fish traffic to principal centres in the South and West of England; if granted, the application will bring the company's fleet up to around 225 vehicles.
The Aberdeen Fish Curers' and Merchants' Association has been negotiating for some time over the distribution of the fish currently moved by B.R.
The second Scottish application is by George M. Morrison, also of Aberdeen, and is for an A licence for eight new rigid platform vehicles and four articulated outfits (including four refrigerated containers) totalling 76 tons. It is for a daily fish service to Yorkshire and "areas to where' railhead services have been discontinued ".
At Aberdeen on November 25 an application for 23 vehicles for fish traffic is being heard, the applicant being George F. Fraser, of Aberdeen.
Meanwhile, December 2 has been fixed for the hearing, in Leeds, of the 136 vehicle B-licence 'application by Hull Fish Transport Ltd. for rail replacement fish distribution services.