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B.R.S. Seeking 200 More Lorries : 400 Vehicles Left for Sale

25th November 1955
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

1T is estimated that British Road Services have on hand applications to the Licensing Authorities for 200 additional vehicles under A licences. This number is not included in the 5,400 extra general haulage vehicles which the Minister of Transport proposes to allow B.R.S. to keep. The applications are thought to have been timed to coincide with the Government's more favourable attitude towards B.R.S.

This point, it is understood, was pressed forcibly when the chairman's committee of the Road Haulage Association last week met the Conservative Party Transport Committee in the House of Commons. Unfortunately for the delegation, the division bell called the Members of Parliament away before they had had time to ask many questions.

There is, however, evidence in the House that some Government supporters believe that the new policy of disposal is precipitate.

The Bill to give effect to this policy will probably specify unladen tonnage, rather than a precise number of vehicles, and efforts are being made by interested parties to restrict it to about 50,000, which would equal some 10,000 vehicles. When 1 he Commercial Motor closed tor press on Wednesday; publication of the -Bill was thought to be imminent. The 'Commercial Motor. is officially informed that about 400 B.R.S. vehicles now remain for disposal, assuming that the Minister does not revise his new figures for the residual fleet of the State haulage undertaking. A further list will therefore have to be prepared.

• The Commercial Motor was unable on _Tuesday to ascertain its date of publication.

List 13 Sales Total 96%

• Solar, over 96 per cent. of the vehicles offered in list 13 have been sold. lhe pcisition on Tuesday was: Sold, 743 units (783 vehicles); tenders rejected, 18 units (19 vehicles); deferred, II unit., (12 vehicles); total, 772 units (814 vehicles).

OSWESTRY SERVICE GOES

PERMISSION has been given to J. W. Lloyd and Sons, Ltd., Oswestry, to withdraw their town bus W. service. Mr. W H. F. Lloyd, chairman of the company, said the service could never be econOmic.

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