C. and D. Lorry Moved Without Notice?
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A LTHOUGH C. Alexander and 1--IPartners (Transport), Ltd., were granted a B licence for an articulated outfit for collection and delivery, based at Parsonage Street, Radcliffe, in March, 1956, an application by Road Services (Forth), Ltd., for a new B licence to acquire two articulated outfits for collection and deliverywithin 25 miles of the same base had no connection with it. Alexander's vehicles were no longer based there.
Mr. J. C. Watson, the company's transport manager, told the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr, J. R. Lindsay, this at Manchester last week. The two companies were not connected, added Mr. Watson, but London-Scottish Transport, Ltd., now in liquidation, from whom they bought the Radcliffe base in October, had common directors with C. Alexander.
Mr. J. A. Dunkerley, for the applicants, said they ran about 200 vehicles throughout Great Britain, with bases at Denny, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, Leven, Stirling, London and Liverpool. The Radcliffe depot was purchased at the same time as 73 vehicles and the Leven, Alloa and Dunfermline depots of LondonScottish.
Six vehicles operated nightly, in each direction, on their Radcliffe-Scotland service, compared with 10 each night used by London-Scottish, also 20-30 day vehicles reported to Radcliffe weekly. Difficulties had arisen because the trunk vehicles were having to do their own collection and delivery. Customers were complaining they were not getting the service supplied by the applicant's predecessors, and some had gone. elsewhere.
Mr. A. I. F. Wrottesley, for the British Transport Commission, who objected,said it was impossible to be sure whether all the vehicles were fully employed. In these cases the decisiohs of the Transport Tribunal should be followed. As it appeared that the trunk vehicles were having to do terminal work as well, there appeared to be some grounds for a grant. The Commissioners were, however, concerned about the Alexander vehicle, about which there had been no notification of change of base. His clients would make inquiries.
The application was granted.