Customers Switch to Own Fleet
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FOLLOWING the amendment of an application by Brewer and Turnbull Ltd., Blackpool, at Manchester last Monday, an objection by British Road Services was withdrawn. The case, which was part-heard (The Commercial Motor, May 17) originally involved an A licence for 23 vehicles, six of them to carry goods for Chiswick and Wright Ltd., Blackpool. However, Mr. A. Balne, for the applicants, said that this latter section of the application had been withdrawn and Chiswick and Wright was going to carry on its own C-licensed vehicles goods which had previously been transported on Brewer and Turnbull's short-term licence. The common normal user now sought for all the units was: "Furniture and household effects, motor bodies and potato crisps, as required ".
Figures were produced to indicate the nature of the past activities of the fleet and, said Mr. Balne, it would be seen that general goods traffic constituted only a very small proportion of the whole.
Mr. A. S. Brewer, managing director, told Mr. A. J. F. Wrottesley, objecting for British Railways, that the shipping and storage of goods formed an integral part of household removals. An application was also considered for an A licence for one van by Brewer and Turnbull (Greenup) Ltd., Hazel Grove, an associated company. Mr. D. S. Wilde, manager, said that in 1962 this vehicle had earned only about £300 carrying for hire and reward, but had travelled about 40,000 miles when being used by estimators who looked over various removals. Often when a small removal had been performed it was not economical to divert a larger van and delays occurred as a result of this. The small vehicle would be suitable for the odd consignment and would be better on A licence than on B.
The North Western Licensing Authority, Maj.-Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, reserved his decision.