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'.USING to grant an A-licence col:ction and delivery vehicle to and Haulage, Ltd., on Monday, Mr. loin, Scottish Licensing Authority, .ked that the company wanted the to supplement a one-vehicle service. ugh their sub-contracting figures high there was no evidence of any Ls difficulty suffered by Edinburgh ners, he said.
;hland Haulage had sought the e to carry goods within five miles eir base at Leith, but they were .ed by the British Transport Com m and the Scottish Central Carting Ad.
J. Brand, the company's Edinburgh manager, said they ran a daily serbetween Inverness and Edinburgh. rolume of traffic fluctuated and on occasions it was impossible to make ecessary collections in Edinburgh istrict in time for the journey north it 14 A-licensed vehicles based at aven were mainly engaged in the ge of fish so they were unsuitable odstuffs. However, they had helped rom time to time, but there had many complaints from customers their use. Mr. W. McKenzie. traffic manager at Inverness, said there were full loads of whisky, timber, potatoes and grain southwards. One vehicle left early in the morning and arrived in Edinburgh about 2.30 p.m. If the load could not be collected in time to start back at 6 a.m. the following day the northern delivery service from Inverness was missed and a second vehicle had to make that day's southern run. Sometimes lager had had to go by passenger train to Inverness to catch their feeder service to customers in Wick.
Mr. J. Buchanan, for Scottish Central Carting, submitted that the Authority was being asked to grant an A-licence vehicle to collect and deliver for another vehicle of the same unladen weight.
Mr. W. D. Connochie, for Highland Haulage, said the volume of traffic to and from the Highlands was insufficient to support a trunk service. The present service required a lorry to speed up and load the existing vehicle to make the run economical.
Mr. Quin ruled that there was no case for the objectors to answer. A similar application for a collection and delivery vehicle in Glasgow was adjourned.