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Meat Traffic Battle

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14th September 1962

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Page 9, 14th September 1962 — Meat Traffic Battle

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I N Edinburgh on Monday, Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, adjourned an application by John Russell (Grangemouth), Ltd., to allow both sides to produce expert witnesses as to the need for refrigerated transport in this particular application. Russell wanted a new A licence for 12 articulated units of 132 tons, including 12 refrigerated containers for meat and frozen foodstuffs transport to England and Wales.

Mr. John Russell, managing director, gave evidence that this was new traffic arising from the formation in June of Scottish Meat Producers, Ltd., a co-operative meat marketing body handling Scotch meat from the Lothians and the Border to Smithfield and other English markets. The agents for the company in these markets, Armour and Co., had indicated that refrigerated transport was necessary.

The applicants had been able to do some traffic because of a seasonal lull in the distillery and frozen chicken trade, but these trades were reviving and completely new vehicles would be necessary for the meat traffic.

Mr. Russell was questioned as to the necessity for refrigerated units and stressed that these were his client's instructions. He did not think insulated containers would meet the situation. Mr. James Stoddard, general manager of Scottish Meat Producers, Ltd., gave evidence that membership had increased from 15 farmers in June to 150 at the present time. This was new traffic altogether, replacing imported chilled meat. Armour had made it quite clear that they wanted refrigerated vehicles and the meat firm were prepared to pay higher transport rates to get such vehicles.

British Railways and Road Services (Caledonian) objected, contending that refrigerated transportation was not necessary and that any traffic now arriving was replacing traffic previously handled through some other source.

Russell asked for a short-term licence to handle the traffic but Mr. Quin refused, saying that a short-term might prejudice the next hearing.

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HEN Munro's Transport (Aberdeen),, Ltd., applied last week for authority to replace four eight-wheeled and six four-wheeled vehicles by articulated outfits, they were partially successful. At the hearing in Aberdeen, Mr. William Munro told Mr. Ivo Townsend, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, that it was essential to change their fleet owing to "the change in the pattern of business today," Unloading of vehicles at weekends was the chief difficulty and this sometimes resulted in customer inconvenience as vehicles were left loaded until the following Monday. The five-day week had caused loss of availability.

Mr. Townsend said he was prepared to grant substitution of the four eightwheelers, but reserved his decision on the six four-wheelers.