Pickfords Switch Vans Without Permission
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THE Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, has added a furniture van to the A licence of Selles (Removals and Storage), Ltd., Hull. As reported in The Commercial Motor last week', B.R.S. (Pick fords'), Ltd., had produced a schedule Of household removals for the area which showed a decline since 1951, although the vehicle position was static.
Major Eastwood pointed out that return loads were not Shown, and there Was no information about the activities of Pickforde vehicles based outside the area. Evidence had been given of the mobility of vehicles between Hun, Leeds and other depots, he said. Vehicles were temporarily assigned without his sanction.
The evidence did not produce a true picture of Pickfords' work in the area and the figures were not of much use.
EXPRESS GRANT FOR NEWCOMER
ANEWCOMER, Mr. F. Garratt, Oldham, was granted express licences between Oldham and Rochdale and Oldham vul Middleton by the North Western Traffic Commissioners last week. The application was to carry late-night dancers. The licences were previously held by Smith Coaches (Oldham), Ltd. (in liquidation).
A short-term licence was held by Messrs. Gregory and Richards, Oldham, who had also applied for substantive licences. If the application were granted, Gregory and Richards were prepared to surrender their licence because of the good relations between the two concerns.
Mr. Garratt said that at present he was operating the dance-hall service on hire to Gregory and Richards, and, previously, had done so for Smith Coaches, SCOPE IN INDIA
riERE is real scope for the development of road transport as a service supplementing the effort of the railways," said Mr. K. B. Mathur, of the Indian Railway Board. General goods traffic by rail was expected to increase by 30m.-35m. tons a year, and hauliers would have to deal at terminals with a corresponding expansion of traffic.
Nevertheless, Mr. Mathur thought that road development must be regulated in the wider interests of the country and that road services should be introduced only where they were essential. There was an opportunity for road passenger transport to play a much more important role than it was doing at present.
BRISTOL OCCASION
A DINNER-DANCE is to be held by the Western Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association at Bristol on November 29.