Applicant's Many Objections Rebound
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THE number of objections made I recently by an applicant was referreth to by. .Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, last week, when W. Viney, Ltd., Patwell, Bruton, Somerset, sought a B licence for a vehicle to carry goods for Viney Bros. (Supply) Co. and the Somerset County Council.
Mr. Nelson asked Mr. T. Amblin, managing director of the company, whether he had been serious in his many recent objections, because they did not "seem to tie up" with the application. Facilities were either in excess of requirements or they were not.
Edwards Transport, Ltd., Frome, objected. Mr. Arthur Edwards, managing director, was asked why he had not taken up all the four vehicles on a B licence granted in November, 1955. Mr. Nelson said that he would seriously have to consider whether the two not taken up were required.
He granted the application, but stated that there was a disturbing element in his mind when he considered the many objections Viney had made to other operators' applications.
E750M. ROAD LOAN WANTED
A30-YEAR road-development loan totalling £750m. to enable the Ministry of Transport to carry out its 30-year road plan was suggested last Friday by Sir Gurney Braithwaite, who was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry until 1953. The fund could, he said, be provided by existing taxation_
Sir Gurney, president of the Sand and Gravel Association of Great Britain, was speaking at Newbury.