Authority Not Told of New Haulage Company
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BECAUSE they had not informed the North Western Licensing Authority that a separate company had been formed to run the haulage side of their business, Associated Motor industries (Bolton), Ltd., had to withdraw an application on Tuesday. They were seeking a collection and delivery vehicle to serve an A-licence fleet.
Mr. J. A. Dunkerley, for the applicants, said they had five vehicles on A licence, four on special A and one contract-A.
They, were mainly engaged on longdistance work to Scotland, South Wales and London. A spot check during August showed 182 collections and 82 deliveries of consignments under 2 tons.
There had been many complaints of delay. In the case of one customer, large trunk vehicles were not suitable, because space was limited.
Questioned by the Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. R. Lindsay, a director, Mr. C. A. Hill, said a new company, Bolton Roadways, Ltd., was formed 12 months ago to deal with the haulage side of their business. Because of pressure of work, no application had been made to transfer vehicles to the new company. Mr. Lindsay pointed out that if the new company were operating the vehicles, Associated Motor Industries could have no claim to a collection and delivery vehicle. The proper course was to with draw the application. Notice of the take-over must be given immediately and an application in the proper name could be made after the licences were transferred.
"CO-ORDINATE ON MERSEYSIDE"
THE passenger transport undertakings of Liverpool, Birkenhead and Wallasey should be co-ordinated by a Merseyside Transport Authority, Mr. D. S. Inman, district goods manager of British Railways, suggested, when he addressed the Merseyside and District Section of the institute of Transport.
It was not in the interests of the community that transport should be the pawn of political manoeuvres, he said. Merseyside transport problems should be considered as a whole, and if operations were reorganized they might be made selfsupporting by the elimination of overlapping services.
WIDER PARKING REVIEW
TTE London and Home Counties raffic Advisory Committee would be asked to include commercial vehicles as well as private cars in a review of parking problems.
Mr. G. R. H. Nugent, for the Ministry of Transport, stated this in the House of Commons on Tuesday after Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth (Cons., Hendon South) had aired the grievances of residents of streets adjoining the trunk roads in the district over having lorries left outside their houses. Parked cars in some parts of Hendon prevented retail van deliveries from shops, he said.