Wine and Spirits ' Security ' Grant
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LAST week the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, Mr. D. I, R. Muir, granted G. and J. Porter Ltd. a B licence to operate six vehicles and two trailers for the carriage of wine, spirits and tobacco in the London area.
Porter is to establish its own fleet of lorries linked by radio with a security firih to combat the growing number of hi-jacking thefts of this type of load.
For the applicant, Mr. James Amphlett said that a new company, Develiam Ltd., had been formed by Porter in conjunction with J. J. Halpin Ltd. and Higgs Transport Ltd., two haulage contractors. The object was to have a nucleus of vehicles to carry wines, spirits and tobacco solely for Porter: there was no intention of going into general haulage.
The scheme was new to the trade, said Mr. Amphlett, and would start with six vehicles and possibly increase later. It would provide convenience and security. Arrangements had been made with Securicor Ltd. to have the vehicles equipped with radio and the most modern anti-theft devices would be fitted.
Mr. Harold Porter, director and secretary of both Porter and Develiam, said that carriers were becoming increasingly unwilling to accept the insurance risk involved in carrying wines and spirits.
When he agreed that Develiam would accept, a 35-mile limit from London for the carrier work instead of the unlimited distance sought in the application, British Railways and British Road Services withdrew their objections.