Eastern L.A. Defer s Tipper Decision A N application by Biscoe
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Transport Ltd., of Ipswich, for a B variation to enable the company to acquire seven tippers and one trailer, was opposed on Tuesday by eight local hauliers, B.R.S. and British Railways.
Mr. Frank Jackson, a director of the applicant company, said that business had increased greatly over the past three years. The company had hired tipper trucks to Roadworks Ltd., an Ipswich civil engineering firm, but when additional vehicles were needed they were difficult to find. Mr. Jackson is also controller of Roadworks, and said that at one time or another he had approached all the local hauliers who were objecting to the application with a view to hiring their vehicles to supplement his supply. In most cases, they had been unable to fulfil his requirements.
Mr. R. W. Eades, for the applicant, said that in the past 10 years, the turnover of Roadworks Ltd. had increased fortyfold.
Four of the objecting hauliers said that the applicant had been late in ordering vehicles. The company had vehicles of its own standing idle.
The Eastern Licensing Authority, Mr. W. P. S. Ormond, deferred his decision,