B.R. Withdraw Objection to Wirral A FTER hearing that they would
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not lose any traffic as a result of a grant, British Railways withdrew their objection to a proposed renewal of an A licence for two vehicles by Wirral Transport (Birkenhead), Ltd., at Liverpool last week.
For the company, Mr. J. A. Dunkerley told Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, that a normal user of "mainly aluminium, building materials, timber, paint and stationery, Merseyside, London, South Wales and Scotland" was sought. The company were a subsidiary of Jones Transport Services, Ltd., who had 30 vehicles under contract to the British Aluminium Co., Ltd.
Door-to-door delivery was essential, said Mr. G. Marshall, production superintendent of British Aluminium, and as business was increasing more transport might be needed in future. The aluminium company employed Jones and Wirral for a major portion of their traffic.
In 1958, British Aluminium had paid the railways £300,000, but if the application were granted they would suffer no ill effects, added Mr. Marshall.