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" I DO not think 1939 has any relation
I to the circumstances in which we are operating to-day," said Mr. W. E. Macve, North-Western Licensing Authority, at Manchester, last Friday.
He made this comment in granting a licence to Florence Codd, of Mellor, Stockport, for a vehicle to be run on collection and delivery work for the trunk services of Fisher Renwick, Ltd., within 10 miles of its base and to Liverpool. The vehicle was previously operated under a short-term defence permit.
Mr. Phillip Kershaw, for the railways, declared that the application was a new one for a fresh licence and, if granted, would increase the carrying capacity of a big carrier.
Mr. P. Fisher, a director of Fisher Renwick, Ltd., said that his company had used the vehicle since 1945 and, if the application were refused, the lorry would have to be replaced by another. He added that his company had more traffic than it could handle.
Mr. Macve commented on a case that he had heard the previous day. A witness, he said, had told him that when one of his vehicles had arrived at Birkenhead Docks at 6.30 a.m., there were 69 vehicles in a queue.
Mr. Macve had immediately visited Birkenhead to ascertain the facts at first hand. The vehicle then at the head of the queue had been waiting for five hours. Mr. Macve added that there was " gross inefficiency" and apparently nobody intended to do anything about it.