Piekfords Claim—A Change of Business
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A SUGGESTION, that the purchase 1-1 of a trailer with an unladen weight of more than 7 tons, which replaced one of 2 tons 13 cwt., represented a "complete change in the nature of a business" was made by B.R.S. (Fickfords), Ltd., at Lincoln last week. They were opposing an application by A. Suthrell, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, for an A licence for a vehicle previously operated on special-A licence.
Mr. Michael Hayes, transport manager of Suthrell's, agreed that a trailer of 2 tons 13 cwt. unladen, obtained from the British Transport Commission in April, 1956, had been replaced, in September, 1957, by a trailer of more than 7 tons unladen. He said that the new trailer had been obtained only after notification from the Licensing Authority that they were entitled to operate any type of trailer under the existing special A licence. The application was granted.
EXPORT TRADE DEVELOPED
DEVELOPMENT of the export market as an insurance against uncertain conditions at home is the main theme of the annual report of Mr. W. G. Allen, chairman of Atkinson Lorries (Holdings), Ltd. " Over-enthusiastic" competition, at home and abroad, however, had depressed the company's profits.
Mr. Allen believes that export business will prove beneficial in the Tong run, especially if road transport in Britain is renationalized.
IMPENDING DISASTER rOR " unlawfully injuring a motor
lorry by negligence" a tram driver was fined £3 in Sheffield last week. It was said that damage valued at £25 had been done when his tram struck a stationary lorry in Barnsley Road, Sheffield. He pleaded guilty and had told a police officer, "I knew I was going to hit him, so I got up the back of the stairs."