Welsh Application Succeeds in Part
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-rim South Wales Licensing Authority, 1 Mr. Ronald R. Jackson, on Monday granted a contract A licence to a Bridgend haulier but refused to grant the application for the variation of the company's B licence.
H. G. Priddle, of Berridge House, Bypass Road, Bridgend, applied for the contract A licence to carry goods for Harold Leigh Ltd., of Cardiff. The company asked for the B variation so that it could carry goods within 20 miles and goods for Harold Leigh as required.
Mr. H. G. Priddle said • his company had held a contract with Harold Leigh for a considerable time up until June of this year. It wanted the B•licence varied so that it could do work for Harold Leigh outside the limit of its Present licence, at Narberth and Velindre in West Wales and at Bristol.
Mr. K. I. Jones, Harold Leigh cashier, said that the contract was for a 12-month period. He admitted that his firm had previously held a contract with Mr. Priddle and that it had been terminated before the end of the term. This, explained Mr. Jones, was because of a change of conditions. He agreed that it was the policy of his company to take on new vehicles to its fleet as it expanded, but he said he could not see the company terminating the contract in the very near future because of work falling off or new vehicles being purchased.
During the past few months some of Harold Leigh's vehicles had been taken off the road because they were unroadworthy. The company needed Mr. Priddle's services more and more because of an increase in business.
Mr. Jackson, granting the contract A licence, said that Mr. Priddle had gone to the expense of buying a new vehicle and he hoped that his confidence in Harold Leigh would not be misplaced on this occasion.
He refused the B licence variation on the grounds that there was no customer evidence to support it.