Conversion Plea Rejected
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SMITH'S BELLSH1LL HAULAGE, of Mossend, Bellshill, were unsuccessful in an application to convert a contract A to an ordinary A for six vehicles of 32+ tons and two trailers of 41 tons before the Scottish Licensing Authority in Glasgow last week.
Mr. J. Brown, a partner of the firm, said that they had been operating three vehicles and a trailer for William Bain and Co.. Ltd., Coatbridge, since early 1958 and a further three vehicles and a trailer since December, 1960.
n22 Bain and Co., supported the conversion, but Mr. D. Brown, for BR., contended that it did not matter materially to the user whether the licences were Contract or not. Conversion would release six vehicles for competitive trade.
Mr. W. F. Quin, the Licensing Authority, refused, saying that were he proposing to make a grant, it would only be for three vehicles and a trailer, since the second three had been contracted for only in December. The evidence, however, did not even support such a grant.