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THE " scant consideration given to
transport operators by contractors at Llanwern steelworks was remarked on by the Western Licensing Authority at Bristol on Monday.
Submitting his application for a licence to operate a tipper to carry quarried materials and solid fuel within a radius of 150 miles, Mr. R. J. Hacker. a former bus driver, of Bath Road, Bristol, said that after seeing an advertisement that transport was required for haulage work at Llanwern, he bought a lorry for £900 and applied to the contractor, only to be told that they were standing off lorries because they had too many.
Now he wanted to enter the haulage business to do other work which had been promised him, including the transport of quarried materials for Cromhall Quarries, Gloucestershire.
The Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, said they were all sorry for the applicant. Like many others who expected to get haulage work at Llanwern, he had been disappointed. They had had similar cases before. He asked the applicant if it was not a fact that the advertisement referred to, inviting lorry operators to apply for work, was still being published. and Mr. Hacker said that was the case.
After Mr. Nelson said he could not possibly grant the licence asked for without evidence of need, Mr. T. D. Corot:. who appeared for 10 independent objectors, invited the applicant to meet two of the objectors who would see whether they could help him.
ONE-MAN BUSES TO combat rtinning losses, United Automobile Services, Ltd., have introduced one-man-operated buses on two routes in the Stokesley area. They are the first driver-conductor buses to be run by United in the Tees-side area, although for some time the company has been operating them in the Northumbei land and Ripon areas.