User Ignored, But No Revocation Inquiry
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A LTHOLTGH the normal user of an ri A licence held by Mr. W. T. Deakin had been almost completely disregarded, the West Midland Licensing Authority announced last week that he did not intend to take steps to revoke the licence. In a reserved decision on Mr. Deakin's application for a new A licence in place of the existing one, Mr. W. P. James said he would make a conditional grant;
Mr. Deakin had asked for a 3+-ton
vehicle for " furniture, household removals, television and radio sets, electrical goods, wire and wire goods, parcels and general goods, within200 miles and to Glasgow, with occasienal longer distances." In return he would surrender a 3-ton lorry engaged on
'furniture, Coventry and • district, Northampton and district, and Birmingham and district." .
Mr. James said in his decision that some credit must be given to Mr. Deakin for' trying• to put his house in order before the licence expired, but this could not purge his offence. However, revocation would be too severe a punishment and it had been decided not to inflict any penalty, bearing in mind that Mr. Deakin had appeared genuinely concerned about the matter.
The application as made must be .refused, but Mr. James considered the evidence warranted an extension to the existing user. He suggested "furniture, excluding household removals, Coventry and district, Northampton and district and Birmingham and district, also furniture for the Sydenham Cabinet Co. as required."
NEW R.H.A. ELECTIONS
L'IVE sub-areas of the Southern Area I of the Road Haulage Association have made the following elections:— Oxford: Chairman,' Mr: G. I. Wilsdon, vice-,chairman, Mr. L. R.. Robson; honorary secretary, Mr. F. B_ Morse. Reading: Chairman, Mr. J. H. H. Fisher; vice-chairman, Mr. W. G. Cook. South Bucks: Chairman, Mr. S. G. Dean; vicechairman, Mr. P. N. Janes. Bletchley: Chairman, Mr. A. J. Forster; vice-chairman, Mr. E. H. Littledale. Dorset and West Hants: Chairman, Mr. L. W. Frampton; vice-chairman, Mr. P. J. Kerle.
The Association's bulk liquids functional group on Tuesday re-elected their principal officers. The chairman is Mr. A. Bibby (Thos. Allen, Ltd.), and the vice-chairmen are Mr. G. le M. Gosselin (Tyburn Road . Tank Services, Ltd.) and Mr. H. Robinson (Smith and Robinson (Leeds), Ltd.).
TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENT
WORK is to start shortly on the
VY improvement of a section of the A48 London-Fishguard ttunk road, between Llanbale and Penhow, a distance of nearly two miles. The £220,000 projecE will cut out a series of bottlenecks, giving a continuous three-lane carriageway.