;ion Deferred D-vehicle Switch
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ER a three-day hearing, Mr.
• P. S. Ormond, the Eastern rig Authority, on Wednesday, d his decision on an application lerior International Ltd., of Great uth, to switch 20 of their vehicles to B licences.
ctors were B.R.S. and 10 East n haulage concerns, all represented C. R. Kaile.
.nor International handle perishpods and also the general cargo Norfolk Line, a Dutch shipping ny, but it was emphasized during aring that there was no financial
Alan Eades, for the applicant, led that the company experienced with the cartage or foods because iculties in getting adequate road irt for the cargoes in and out of uth port,
ence was given by representatives .S. and four heads of local haulage lies, all of whom said they were :d to handle the applicant's loads. Eades said the applicant had to nto Yarmouth hauliers from as far as 100 miles to handle outgoing It was sheer nonsense for the Irs to suggest that adequate facilities were available locally. liens who had given good service past had nothing to fear from this tion, continued Mr. Eades and ould continue to have loads from rplicant, who did not intend to chides hawking the country for loads. Consignments inwards all be booked at Yarmouth.
anus J. van der Wild, general :r of the Norfolk Line, said that ale success of running two or three ;ach way per week hinged upon :rices for the applicant and te haulage on this side.
Kaile told the Authority that the tion was causing considerable dis h had been stressed that the service of Superior International :ing frustrated because the cornad no B licences. Mr. Kaile dishis, as the exports were practically said.
application was not intended to e manufacturers but to benefit the c Line, he continued, and sugthat the proposed 20 B-licensed would operate during four or anths on the fruit and vegetable and would try to operate in other ar the rest of the year.
Kaile said the objectors feared Superior International got these ':.es there would be repeat applicaad yet there was nothing to show [sting facilities were not adequate.