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Y restricting the carriage of lime by Walker Bros. (Darlington), .Ltd., the movement of burnt and kibbled )ducts from the Stanhope kiln of aston and Johnson, Ltd., the irthern Licensing Authority last week :t strong objections by the Road iulage Executive lo an application by Walker concern to vary the conions of lour of their B licences.
Mr. J. C. Beaston, a director of aston and Johnson, Ltd., said that he uld not cope with the demand for rut and kibbled lime for fertilizing irginal land in Scotland. Whilst they d previously had only a seasonal siness from May until September, .ty now had to work the whole year. tilway transport facilities were not ailable, as a branch line had been )sed. The applicants were authorized run up to 60 miles, but this was not r enough.
A witness for the Executive said that
e R.II.E. were carrying large lantitieS of lime every week to otland for Beaston and Johnson, and
were able to undertake-further work. Mr. .R. E. JohnSon, Co:direetor With . Mi. Beaston of the lime company, told , the -Authority that he 'was responsible for ground and shell lime, -Whilst his colleague dealt with burnt and kibbled lime. This prOduct, could not • be touched by hand 'arid had to be loaded into tippers direct from the kilns and delivered straight to spreaders. 'operat
ing in various parts of Scotland. ' . He did not think that the R.I-LE.could carry burnt and kibbledlime, as they had no suitable vehicles. If the application was granted, the Executive's traffic would be unaffected.
Mr. Beaston said that he was employing two large local hauliers and their vehicles had been working doUble shifts to clear the loads.
The Authority was satisfied that need existed for extra transport, but reminded the applicants, represented by Mr. F. Milton, that although he was sanctioning an extension of licence conditions, they would still have to apply for permits from the R.H.E.