Objection to Objectors at Bristol Hearing
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REPRESENTING H. Davis and Sons, Ltd., Station Road, Gloucester, in an application to Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western 'Licensing Authority, for two additional vehicles on A licence, at Bristol, on Monday, Mr. I. Jenkins said that certain of the objectors were holders of B licences and could not be regarded as statutory objectors.
In addition, the objection by B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., should be struck out because the objection form did not specify B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., but merely the British Transport Commission (British Road Services).
Mr. R. Oswold, for British Railways and B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., submitted that the objection had been made on the appropriate form as required by the Act. The Licensing Authority said that a covering letter from B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., had accompanied the objection, which he would hear.
For Davis and Sons, it was said that they operated three vehicles on A licence for furniture removals. If the present application for two additional vans succeeded they undertook not to use more than three vehicles at any one time on household removals. Nine private enterprise objectors then withdrew, as did Pickfords.
Mr. H. H. Dunn, transport manager of A.E.I.-Hotpoint, Ltd., said that he supported the application. If it were granted it would make no difference to the traffic his company dispatched by rail.
Mr. Nelson granted the application.
QUEENSFERRY BOTTLENECK TO GO
ANEW crossing of the River Dee, on the main route from the north of England to the holiday resorts of North Wales, is expected to be opened before the end of the 1961 season. The Minister of Transport has authorized Flintshire County Council to accept the tender of £695,337 for the construction of a new bridge over the river and a 1.1-mile road to by-pass Queensferry.
IMMEDIATE PROHIBITION
AN immediate prohibition order was issued by a Ministry of Transport examiner after he had inspected a van belonging to Norman Grant Motors, Ltd., 63 Crescent Road, Woolwich. This was stated when the company, were fined a total of £16 14s. by Lexdon and Winstree Magistrates, last week, for allowing the vehicle to be used with faulty steering.
GREAT SERVICE RECOGNIZED L"ELLOWSITIPS of the Institute of I British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers have been conferred on Mr. A. Jeffrey, managing director of J. B. Stevenson, Ltd., Mr. D. G. Northam, chairman and joint managing director of A. W. Chapman, Ltd., and Mr. D. F. Rivers, chief designer of the Daimler Co., Ltd. They are in recognition of outstanding services.