Brewers Drop C Licences
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A CHANGEOVER in the transport of PA beer from C licence to public haulage was the basis of an application by Angus Hyslop, Ltd., Glasgow, on Tuesday to vary • their A licence by the addition of four vehicles (9i tons).
Mr. J. McNaught, for James Caulder and Co. (Brewers), Ltd., said Hyslop now arranged the whole of their deliveries in the area and 11 C licences had been surrendered.
Mr. W. F. Quin said four vehicles was ambitious. It was a healthy trend to see a large manufacturer entrusting his transport to a haulier, and two vehicles (51 tons) would be granted.
TOO LATE, TOO DEAR I ATE deliveries by British Railways were alleged at a sitting of the Scottish Area Licensing Authority last week when Mr. A. McA. Houston, of Cumnock, asked for an A licence variation for one extra vehicle.
For Mr_ Houston it was stated that road transport brought steel from Durham in one day while steel from nearby Motherwell took four days by rail. Charges made by the railway company for delayed transport were also criticized as being three times the rate charged by road operators.
Mr. Archibald Beattie, a British Railways licensing officer, admitted delay in transport but not to the extent indicated by witnesses for Mr. Houston. Mr. W. F. Quin, the Licensing Authority, said it might be that the rail delay quoted was isolated but it was serious, and on balance be granted the application.
BY ROAD TO INDIA NAR. WILLIAM MESSAM, a 47-yearIV". old bus driver, has been given three months' leave of absence by Leicester Corporation to drive a converted van 7.500 miles to India. The van, named the Desert Queen, has been converted into a mobile home for Mr. Messam and three Indian friends, who will set off on November 25.