Widow Asks to Revi ve Haulage Business
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AN application by a haulier's widow to re-establish her late husband's business was adjourned by the Metropolitan Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. C. J. Macdonald after he had indicated that he would grant a licence "of some kind."
Mr. Amphlett, for the applicant— Mrs. L. R. Woodgate, North Wembley— said that the application was for three vehicles to carry general geods and building materials within 70 miles.
Mr. Amphlett explained that Mr. Woodgate, who had been ill for five years prior to his death, had tried to run his business from his hospital bed. The vehicles had been removed from the licence because they were of a "strange type, very old and certainly not the ones specified in the licence.
Before the matter was due to he investigated, Mr. Woodgate had died.
After hearing evidence from a friend— a Mr. Arthur Gray--that he was prepared to finance the business, working as Mrs. Woodgate's manager, Mr. Macdonald said that he would reserve his decision. He said he wanted Mr. Gray's position defined by agreement.
A.E.C. EXPORTS UP 60 PER CENT. nURING the first half of their current
financial year. A.E.C.'s exports have shown a 60 per cent. increase over the already high figures for the equivalent period of the previous year.
During this period large deliveries have been made against the £4-1m. order for trucks and buses received from Argentina last year.