McVeigh Refused New Feeder Service
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MINE hauliers and British Railways I objected at Bridlington, last week. when McVeigh Transport, Ltd., HulL sorght an additional articulated outfit on A licence " for collection and delivery work within a 25-mile radius of Hull.' Mr J. Shores, McVeigh's manager. said that at present they used an A-lieNtsed tramp vehicle for the work. but this depleted their fleet. II the new outfit were authorized, the semi-trailer could be left at Hull docks for loading, and then taken on their trunk service to Manchester. The outfit could also serve as a replacement if a trunk vehicle broke down. Cross-examined by Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for British Railways, Mr. Shores said he had never tried to hire for collection and delivery work, nor had he applied for a temporary substitution under Regulation 15 when a vehicle broke down.
Mr. Atkinson submitted that it was an unusual application, and British Road Services had been misled into not objecting because they obviously thought it was a normal collection and delivery service which was required. In any case, the applicants had never attempted to hire, and there was no evidence that their customers had been inconvenienced.
The application should be refused if only to give B.R.S. a chance to put forward evidence, as they operated a competing trunk service between Hull and Manchester. Mr. J. H. E. Randolph, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, said he always associated collection and delivery vehicles with those used for getting in and out of awkward places, generally operating on B licence. The applicants wanted this semi-trailer to be interchangeable on their Hull-Manchester trunk service. The application waF refused.
NEW HAULAGE DIRECTORY
ANEW 164-page directory of hauliers has been published by the Northern Area of the Road Haulage Association. Towns are listed alphabetically, and the operators in each also appear in alphabetical order. The types of vehicle operated and the services available are indicated. The directory is well supported by advertisements, some in two colours. A map shows the area covered.
The previous edition was published in July, 1956, and the demand greatly exceeded the supply.
THEY WASTED THEIR TIME
Q1X objectors were present at Scar1.-.) borough, last week, when a local farmer, Mr. C. W. R. Craggs, explained that he wanted an adjournment of his application for a B licence because he had been too busy to collect any evidence, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, Yorkshire Licensing Authority, replied that the application would be refused. It was a pity, he added, that the five road objectors could not be compensated for wasting their lime