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7 urniture Carrying "At Lowest Ebb" )ECESSION in the furniture trade
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was stressed last week by hauliers opposg an application before the MetroAkan Licensing Authority, Mr. D. I. R. Rik, by S. and S. Contracts, Ltd., of afield Highway, Middlesex, for a new licence for 26 furniture vans. Nineteen iuliers, including B.R.S., and British ailways, objected.
Mr. C. R. Beddington, for the appliLnts, said the conditions asked for on the ;‘v licence were for the carriage Of ainly new furniture throughout Great' :Rain. The 26 vehicles were at present contract A licences to three furniture' anufacturers, Dependable Furniture, .d., I. Baskin, Ltd., and Ducal, Ltd., all Bow, London, These licences would : surrendered if the application sueeded.
Mr. D. Cooper, managing director of irtan Arrow Services, Ltd., London, 1, said that, from the viewpoint of the rniture carrier, there had been a great 11-off in orders, and the tendency had en for smaller deliveries to retail cornflies.
If the application were granted it would rease his own vehicle availability in mdon considerably. If there were any rther recessions in the furniture trade, and S. Contracts, whose running costs :re lower than his, would be able to 'er customers much keener prices.
Mr. F. Dean, a director of Deans ansport (Edmonton), Ltd., said the rniture carrying industry was at its /vest ebb. If the application were sue;sful it would affect his business.
The case is to be continued.
PENALTY FOR NOT WEIGHING WLEADING guilty to charges of failing to cause two motor vehicles to be lighed, Double Ess Transport of [(key, Yorks, were fined £20 by the ml court last week.
Prosecuting for the West Riding unty Council, Mr. K. G. Dyson said it Double Ess had been asked several les to take the vehicles for weighing t had not done so. The company had d about 146 appearances before courts.