Eight More Vehicles for Coal Haulage
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NEW facilities for coal haulage w granted on Tuesday to H. Ev Ltd., Manchester, stated to be the larg tipper operators in the city. They w granted a short-term A licence to co eight vehicle's for carrying coal fr Derbyshire to stocking grounds in t Manchester area.
Mr. J. A. Dunkerley, for the eompa said Evers used to carry imported Arne can coal from the docks to the stocki grounds, bin imports had now end
Instead, coal was being taken to Ma
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chester from Derbyshire and Nor Staffordshire, and it was essential to t National Coal Board that Evers we alloWed to carry this traffic. There were objections by five priV haulier's, and on their behalf, Mr. A. Whitehead asked why pone of them ht been approached by the INT.C.B. Mt. Trevor, the Board's depot manager Manchester, replied that he. had " nevi heard cif them.". Among these hauliers were Vklind cornhe's Transport, -Ltd., and Mr. A. I Winchcombe, a director, claimed that h company had ample facilitiesto de: with the N.C.B.'s requirements. Th was backed up by Mr.Whitehead, wh submitted that there had been no evident of inconvenience, so a short-term lieent was not justified. Mr: Dunkerley replied that the we,' was new, and '.a case had been made on Mr..1. R. Lindsay, North WeSter Deputy Licensing Authority, granted it application.
SEEING HOW IT IS DONE (IN visit,to Britain, Mr. William S. I ‘-.1 Loney, chairman and gener manager of die Kowloon -lidotor Bus Co Ltd., Hong Kong, has toured the wor14 of F. Perkins, Ltd., Peterborough, to se how their engines arc made. At preset his company operate 560 buses, an nearly 250 of them. are equipped wit Perkins engines.