Re-entry Into Haulage Unsuccessful
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AN attempt to re-enter the haulage industry was made by T. Hesketh. Ltd., Liverpool, when they applied to Mr. F. Williamson, North Western Licensing Authority, for a 5+-ton vehicle on A licence, at Liverpool last week. Mr. E. A. Whitehead, for the applicants, said that in 1957 Hesketh had lost their licence following a decision of the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority. The case had failed on appeal, but the company had not been liquidated.
Now Hesketh wanted a new licence with a normal user of "confectionery. cardboard boxes, paints, chair frames, and timber; London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield and Nottingham."
Mr. A. R.Williams, secretary of Hesketh, said that he was also a director of an associated comnany, J. A. Williams and Sons, Ltd., who had vehicles on contract-A, B and C licences. The new vehicle, if granted, would deal with overflow traffic from Williams. At present they were having to sub-contract.
Replying to Mr. A. W. Babe, for the British Transport Commission, who objected, Mr. Williams said that he could produce no figures of sub-contracting. Mr. Balne submitted that witnesses who had complaints of inadequate facilities should have been called. He contended that the previous history of the company was irrelevant to the case being considered.
The application was refused on the ground that evidence was of too general a nature. .
CORPORATION BUSES ON NEW LINK DERMISSION was given to Leeds 1 Transport Department last week to operate buses over the recently completed 14-mile stretch of ring road which links Rodley and Stanningley. Maj. F. S. Eastwood, chairman, Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, said that public need justified granting the application, but, he emphasized that it was not one for a road service licence.
It was stated that the corporation would shortly apply to operate a new cross-city ring road service between Whitkirk and ROdley.
For the Farsley Omnibus Co., Ltd., who opposed the application, Mr. F. S. Marshall said that the proposed new service could be run only at a loss and at the expense of existing operators. His company had worked a satisfactory service in the district for many years.
NORTH-EAST MOTORWAY CALL THE lack of provision for a motorway in the north-cast was "a very serious omission in Government planning," Mr. J. W. Adamson, president of Newcastle upon Tyne Chamber of Commerce, said on Monday.
"A modern fast road from Edinburgh to Leeds linking with the motorways in the Midlands and south is an essential artery to the life blood of this area," he stated.