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1st May 1964, Page 57
1st May 1964
Page 57
Page 57, 1st May 1964 — Big Contract Switch
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1-1. A NEW 22-vehicle A licence was granted to Clanwest Transport Ltd., of Oldbury, at Birmingham on Tuesday. Opposition from British Railways and British Road Services was withdrawn when the applicant amended the normal user from "general goods" to metals. metal products, engineering equipment and requisites, machinery, cranes, tyres. brewery' products and wines and spirits. within 200 miles."

• Clanwest agreed to surrender two Contract A licences with their associate conipany, Oldbury Transport Ltd., one for 15 vehicles with the Steel Company of Wales and one for four Vehicles with Mitchel Is and Butlers Ltd. This meant that Clanwest obtained three additional artics.

A witness for the Steel Company said that scrap metal loads to his company's works in Wales had fallen off and as a result Clanwest's vehicles were running empty one way. His company had no objection to the applicant obtaining trai'. fic from elsewhere on the outward journey, he added.

The transport manager of Mitchell. and Butlers, Mr. G. Hills, said that as a result of his firm's absorption of other companies his use of Clanwest vehicles was apt to fluctuate.