Modification Granted to Docks Haulier
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STRIKES at both Covent Garden Market and at London Docks were said to be the reason for a Woolwich operator, J. J. B. Mendez, applying to the Metropolitan Licensing Authority last week for the modification in the conditions of a three-vehicle B licence to read "General goods within 200 miles."
Mr. Mendez told the Authority, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, that his vehicles were loaded at the docks on a "load and hold " basis, which meant that they were loaded direct from a vessel, the delivery destination being decided later.
Because of labour unrest at Covent Garden, merchants were sending fruit and vegetables direct to provincial markets. Congestion at London docks— and labour trouble there, too—was the cause of more ships using Southampton, Shoreham and Rochester, and thus, because of the restrictive conditions on his current licence, his vehicles were sometimes standing idle. when ;there was a shortage of lorries to deal with the ships.
After hearing corroborative evidence from Cazaly Mills and Co., and after being informed that the applicant would amend the conditions requested to "fruit and vegetables for Cazaly Mills and Co. when diverted or markets other than London within 200 Miles," to meet the objectors (the B,T.C.), Mr. Muir granted the application.