Lanes Operator Gets W. Midland Grant
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AFTER deciding that he had jurisdiction to grant an A licence to a Chorley haulier to operate two articulated vehicles from the West Midlands, the West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. R. Hall, at Birmingham last week, granted an application that was originally made in the North Western Traffic area.
Before the case opened, Mr. G. H. P, Beames, for the British Transport Commission, told the Authority that he came prepared for quite a spirited contest, but in the light of what he had been shown in the transcript of the application before the North Western Authority, in which the B.T.C. had given an undertaking not to oppose the application, he withdrew his objection.
Mr. I. Backhouse, for the applicants, F. Southworth, Ltd., said that the case had been substantially dealt with by the North Western Licensing Authority in April. An application had been made in that area to translate 16 articulated vehicles from contract A to A licence. A grant had been made of all but two of the vehicles—the Authority having decided that he had no jurisdiction to grant the remaining two.
The vehicles, continued Mr. Backhouse. formed part of a larger fleet—there were 13 vehicles already op A licence—which were all workimt substantially for the Courtauld group of companies.
They were originally all rigids and were interchangeable in the sense that traffic was mainly out of the Midlands to Lancashire and other places in the North. His clients had taken steps to introduce articulation and they now kept two tractors in the Midlands and moved the trailers around. The vehicles were maintained in Lancashire, and for that purpose they travelled north once every six weeks for two days. They went up loaded and returned loaded.
Mr. Hall: "You contend that they are operated from this area? I have no jurisdiction unless they are."
Mr. Backhouse said that the drivers were employed in the Midlands and received their instructions from there. The intention was to replace the vehicles being serviced with vehicles operating from Lancashire.
After hearing evidence from Mr. J. Livesey. of Southworth's, and from Mr. J. Delicate, general transport manager for Courtaulds, the application was granted,
RIBBLE'S YORKSHIRE FARES VORKSHIRE Traffic Commissioners, 1 sitting at Leeds last week, granted permission to Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and their associated companies, the Burnley, Colnc and Nelson Joint Transport Committee and the Pennine Motor Services, Ltd., to raise certain of their fares.
Increases will not exceed Id. on single fares up to Is. or 2d. on single fares of ls. Id. upwards. They will not exceed 2d. on return fares up to Is. 10d. or 4d. Is. id. upwards.