'WEEK-LONG DELAYS' IN CALLS FOR GOODS
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MANCHESTER Freighters, Tyldesley, applied in Manchester on Tuesday for 18 new Alicensed vehicles, 70i tons and nine trailers, 51 tons each, with a normal user of "General goods within 200 miles". To be surrendered were an Aand 17 B-licensed vehicles, 14 of which were licensed to carry general goods within 100 miles.
Mr. O. King, a director of Manchester Freighters, said that various sections of B. Kay and Sons Ltd. had been sold and he had taken over the haulage side which was now the only business of Manchester Freighters.
For the firms, Mr. J. A. Backhouse called nine supporting witnesses. Mr. L. Musker, of C. Musker Rubbers Ltd., Swinton, said it manufactured Trecast concrete products and its orders were coming from further afield. Business has increased 7+ to 10 per cent in the past 18 months.
Expansion On behalf of Caplin and Co. (Plastics) Ltd., Bletchley, processors of thermo-plastics materials, Mr. J. E. Cubbun said that due to a 97 per cent increase in production and the need for expansion. Caplin had moved its engineering side to Kirkby. In addition to existing plastics traffic, it would require Manchester Freighters to transport equipment north for repair and return it to Bletchley.
Service wanted Mr. R. Wild, of E. and S. Beattie Ltd., Manchester, told North Western deputy LA Mr. A. H. Jolliffe of a laundry and reclamation service for chemicals his company was instituting. Although its first order was for only 800 gal, market research had shown that industry wanted this service.
Mr. Backhouse submitted that when giving its decision on a Freightliners appeal, the Transport Tribunal accepted market re search as evidence of potential traffic.
Free tankers could be fully employed immediately by J. B. Ashworth (Chemicals) Ltd., said Mr. J. B. Ashworth. Requirement was 45 tons a week to London and 15 tons to other destinations.
The trunking foreman of McVitties Biscuits, Stockport, said that despite the fact that the firm was using Freightliners for its Glasgow traffic, it required additional vehicles to supplement its trunkers to Edinburgh and London.