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W HEN Edwards of Hull, Ltd., applied last week to add

14th September 1956
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two vehicles totalling 6 tons to their A licence, the Yorkshire Licensing Authority said that they had built up traffic which British Road Services had neglected.

Mr. R. E. Paterson, for the applicants, said that they were engaged exclusively on a trunk service to Bristol and South Wales with eight: vehicles, and had a B-licensed vehicle in Hull for collection and delivery. There was no other regular service to the southwest from Hull. Following demands from customers, a twice-weekly journey to Exeter, Torquay, Taunton and Plymouth had been started.

In the year ended July, 1955, the company's own vehicles had earned £17,189 and hired transport, £19,426. Comparative figures for last year were £22,710 and £28,319.

A sum of £10,440 referred to the hire of vehicles from a subsidiary concern at Pocklington purchased in 1955. This company's vehicles had been available only because of the bad weather. Normally they were regularly engaged upon farm work,

As most loads were in small lots, hiring was unsatisfactory, and there had been many complaints from customers. The "unreasonably high '• amount of sub-contracting imposed a strain upon the fleet's timetable, because of the • extra mileage and hours of working involved.

Cross-examined by Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for the British Transport Commission, who objected, Mr. G. Edwards said that there were six or seven loads a fortnight to Devon. Welsh and Devon hauliers working into Hull were employed. Applicants' return loads from the south-west were mainly tin-plate.

The application was granted.


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