Bigger Vehicle for "Fired Van" Haulier
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A MIDDLESBROUGH haulier who rA had alleged at a previous hearing that in 1956 one of his removal vans had been maliciously set on fire by trade rivals had his application for another large vehicle granted by the Northern Licensing Authority at Stockton last week.
He was Mr. Douglas Henry Scrivens, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, who sought a B licence to carry furniture and household effects within 15 miles of Middlesbrough Town Hall.
Mr. Scrivens told the original hearing (The Commercial Motor, August 29) that because he was not insured for loss by fire he had to carry on his business with smaller vehicles. He now thought he had sufficient evidence of demand to justify a variation allowing him to operate a van of 2 tons 17 cwt. unladen.
For three of the four objectors, Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw said competition would obviously be greatly intensified if the application succeeded. Mr. Scrivens had frankly admitted that he would compete with established removers and had, in fact, already, taken trade away from
them.
Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon said Mr. Scrivens had never ceased his removal work. He should be restored to the capacity, and facilities he enjoyed in 1956.
"CONGESTION CAUSING BUS DELAYS "—MR. DEAN
THE bus journey from Barnsley to Leeds now takes 50 minutes compared with 35 minutes before the war, Mr. N. H. Dean, general manager of the Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., told the Sheffield Mid District Section of the Institute of Transport last week. This, he said, was entirely due to traffic congestion.
"On half-day closing, the real problem of congestion seems to disappear. One must come to the conclusion that much of the trouble is caused by indiscriminate parking of cars."
Mr. Dean said he thought that car parks should be provided 5or 10-minutes' journey from the town centre. In the town itself there should be parking meters so that people wanting to leave vehicles there could pay for the privilege.
CORONER ADVISES " ARTIC" DRIVERS ON STOPPING
nRIVERS of long articulated vehicles
should stop only at filling stations on their near side, Mr. K. T. Braine-Hartnell, Stafford Coroner, said last week. He had heard how a motorcyclist and his pillion rider were killed instantly when their machine collided with an articulated outfit at Brocton.
The vehicle was travelling towards Cannock and had pulled into an off-side filling station for fuel. Chief Insp. W. C. Amphlett said the driver was being prosecuted.
The coroner: "I am bound to declare that this accident would not have happened if the driver , had refuelled" at a filling station on his near side."